Matthew Yglesias: many 'normal technology' AI apps are worsening human welfare
wfithian · x · 2026-11-01
In the AI safety debate, Matt Yglesias offers a contrarian take: a large share of the "normal technology" AI applications currently being developed strike him as alarming — likely to accelerate negative trends in human welfare rather than advance flourishing and happiness. The implication: safety discussions shouldn't fixate solely on frontier catastrophic risk; mundane consumer AI's erosion of well-being deserves scrutiny too.
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