OpenAI researcher: AI agents could strip away society's shock absorbers overnight
jachiam0 · x · 2026-09-28
- Quoting Moses Kagan's concern that much of the economy rests on legal agreements drafted by fallible human attorneys, super-competent AI set loose to find loopholes could unleash chaos.
- Author jachiam0 argues society depends on mild inconveniences as stabilizers, like shock absorbers: lawsuits, recriminations, and loophole exploitation are deterred only because they cost time, attention, and money.
- AI agents will remove nearly all of these inconveniences at once. Even the best case — largely beneficial to users — would be extremely bumpy for society as a whole.
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