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Warning that comfort with unsovereign AI intelligence grows

Original: "The deeper danger is that we will become ever more comfortable not being sovereign ourselves. If intelligence is only o

A newly shared essay on Aeon argues that the real danger of artificial intelligence is not machines seizing power, but humans growing comfortable surrendering their own sovereignty. If intelligence is treated purely as optimisation, the author contends, the future will belong to systems achieving goals with ever greater efficiency, while people stop exercising independent judgment.

Why now: Ongoing public anxiety about ceding human agency and decision-making to AI systems is driving discussion of the essay's argument.

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• "The deeper danger is that we will become ever more comfortable not being sovereign ourselves. If intelligence is only optimisation, then the future belongs to systems that achieve goals with ever greater efficiency" https:// aeon.co/essays/why-real-intell… · maple3141592654 · 4

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