The Atlantic examines whether the Constitution, drafted in 1787, can withstand the pressures of artificial intelligence and digital-age challenges. The piece frames a fundamental tension: founding-era institutions, the electoral college, congressional structures, checks and balances, were built for a slower world of printed newspapers and face-to-face deliberation. AI amplifies problems the framers never anticipated: automated disinformation, algorithmic radicalization, surveillance at scale. The article asks whether incremental reforms suffice or whether democracy itself requires redesign for an era where information moves at machine speed and influence flows through invisible systems.