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How AI's Quiet Evolution Could Slowly Erode Human Agency and Control

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Overview

  • Research examines gradual societal disempowerment from incremental AI development
  • Focuses on economic and power dynamics as AI capabilities expand
  • Identifies systemic risks from AI advancement even without catastrophic events
  • Analyzes how economic incentives may lead to concerning AI deployment patterns
  • Proposes framework for understanding cumulative effects of AI progress

Plain English Explanation

The paper explores how society might gradually lose power and control as AI systems become more capable. Rather than focusing on dramatic scenarios like AI suddenly taking over, it examines the subtle ways AI could reshape our economy and power structures over time.

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