Humans Are Voluntarily Ceding Control
hlntnr · x · 2026-07-17
Miles Brundage points out that debating whether "AI will escape human control" in 2026 is already strange, because reality looks more like humans actively handing control over to AI.
The core message here isn't that "AI is running off on its own," but rather that "humans are willingly giving up control."
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