Anders Sandberg: you can skip AI, but others will use it — sometimes maliciously
anderssandberg · x · 2026-10-29
Philosopher Anders Sandberg pre-empts the common rejoinder to AI concerns: yes, you can personally choose not to use AI, but many others will — sometimes innocently, sometimes maliciously. The point frames AI adoption as a collective-action problem where individual abstention doesn't neutralize the externalities of widespread use.
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