Are societal cognitive declines a precondition for AI dependence?
d1karim · reddit · 2026-08-21
The author explores a new perspective on AI safety: the societal and institutional degradation often treated as a future consequence of AI dependence might actually be happening now and driving that dependence. By connecting existing models with research on cognition and institutional dysfunction, the article argues that declining societal capacity acts as fertilizer, allowing AI dependence to take root faster and more irreversibly.
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