AIThe fear of willingly handing control to AI
An essay author worries that people might prefer to cede control to machines as human cognitive capacities atrophy and the institutions meant to cultivate them are hollowed out.
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Introducing a new essay, its author describes an AI fear they call more “mundane” than existential risk: humans might actually prefer to relinquish control to machines. The concern centers on the possible erosion of human cognitive capacities and the institutions meant to cultivate them—not a forced takeover, but a willing surrender.
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The fear of willingly handing control to AI
An essay author worries that people might prefer to cede control to machines as human cognitive capacities atrophy and the institutions meant to cultivate them are hollowed out.
TLDR
Introducing a new essay, its author describes an AI fear they call more “mundane” than existential risk: humans might actually prefer to relinquish control to machines. The concern centers on the possible erosion of human cognitive capacities and the institutions meant to cultivate them—not a forced takeover, but a willing surrender.