New paper: AI agent risks evolve from agency to autonomy to control

rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-20

Paper from Shanghai AI Lab and Tsinghua argues AI risks change category with cognitive expansion: from threatening human agency (physical cognition) to autonomy (social cognition) and finally control (self-referential cognition). Safety mechanisms must evolve alongside.

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