Look at who is sounding the alarm. It’s not ethicists, philosophers, or democratic leaders. It’s the people who built surveillance capitalism and profited from mass behavioral manipulation. They didn’t worry about consequences when AI served ad revenue. But now, when AI could start flagging the origins of inequality, pollution, and destabilization, now it’s dangerous.
They aren’t afraid of AI thinking too much. They’re afraid it might start thinking in public.
Look at who is sounding the alarm. It’s not ethicists, philosophers, or democratic leaders. It’s the people who built surveillance capitalism and profited from mass behavioral manipulation. They didn’t worry about consequences when AI served ad revenue. But now, when AI could start flagging the origins of inequality, pollution, and destabilization, now it’s dangerous.
They aren’t afraid of AI thinking too much. They’re afraid it might start thinking in public.