AI could erode human control through ‘gradual disempowerment,’ a post warns
One post argues that AI users will consolidate power while nonusers lose it—but fully delegating power and decision-making to AI means surrendering control.
TLDR
The post presents “gradual disempowerment,” a term its author says was coined with co-authors, as one way AI could kill us all. Its central warning is about delegation: using AI may consolidate a person’s power, but handing over power and decision-making entirely leaves the AI—not the user—in control.
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