'Stochastic gradual disempowerment': a new shorthand for AI risk in one tweet
nabla_theta · x · 2026-10-30
AI researcher nablatheta coins the phrase "stochastic gradual disempowerment," fusing the irony of stochastic parrots with the gradual-disempowerment thesis about humans slowly ceding control — a compact new framing for how AI risk may unfold.
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