Ruxandra Teslo pushes back on 'humans never had control' relativism in AI disempowerment debate
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-14
Responding to @tszzl's claim that "gradual disempowerment" is poorly defined and humanity may not control its future even today, Ruxandra Teslo rejects the framing as pernicious relativism. While conceding humans lack control "in a grand scheme of things," she argues control is a matter of degree — comparing this logic to postmodernists equating life under the Taliban with life in the West. The differences in degree matter, she insists, pushing back on attempts to dissolve AI disempowerment concerns by arguing control was always illusory.
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