New Royal Society paper: EU AI policy should optimize for happiness
SandraWachter5 · x · 2026-10-26
Oxford's Sandra Wachter and co-authors published "Optimizing for happiness in EU technology policy" in the Royal Society, arguing people are shareholders of frontier AI and should demand technology that improves their lives in return for public subsidies.
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