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A Defense of Gradual Disempowerment

A 2025 paper titled 'A Defense of Gradual Disempowerment' presents a new form of existential risk from AI, focusing on the gradual loss of human influence due to AI's increasing competitiveness in societal functions like economic labor, decision-making, and companionship. The authors argue that economic incentives for AI adoption could lead to systemic changes in policy and culture, making human disempowerment a significant concern. The paper challenges existing AI alignment methods as insufficient to prevent this risk.

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This paper introduces a novel perspective on AI-related existential risks, emphasizing the systemic shift in human influence due to AI's growing role in societal functions, which could have significant implications for future policy and ethical considerations.

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