🛡 AI threatens not extinction, but the "death of agency"
Author KunYuan (TRANTOR LABS) proposes the concept of Subjecthood Death as the primary existential threat. Instead of biological extinction, the risk lies in the gradual erosion of the human capacity for independent judgment.
🌍 It shifts the focus of the AI safety discussion from technical risks to the socio-cognitive risks of the degradation of human judgment.
👤 Warns of the "efficiency trap," where the convenience of AI leads to the loss of critical thinking. It is recommended to practice "intellectual friction" when working with algorithms.
Source 1: https://kunyuan.substack.com/p/ai-does-not-have-to-kill-humans-to