A genocide in Gaza that the world watched and allowed to happen. The Epstein files. Parliamentary scandals. Corruption so deep nobody can see the bottom. A war on Iran launched days after a peace deal was within reach. Most of us have lost faith in the people running things. And that loss of faith is opening the door to something we should all be watching closely: the steady transfer of decision-making power to algorithms and AI systems that are not neutral, not accountable, and not safe.