Artificial intelligence has always been viewed from two angles: either as a violent authoritarian ruler, or as a benevolent savior in a world that is accelerating faster than humans can keep up. However, while our attention has been focused on fierce domination, we have already embarked on the path of soft repression.
It's not about control, it's about seduction. Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly useful, but “being extremely useful is the finest form of seduction.”In this post, Glenn Harlan Reynolds explores how AI only needs to exploit innate human characteristics - just as we programmed it to do - to wreak havoc on society as the most shrewd ruler: anticipating our needs, satisfying us with tailor-made “sex robots,” isolating us through convenience, and ultimately thinking for us.Ultimately, we may not be able to do anything - or even imagine doing it - without AI. To avoid this predicament, we must understand what AI does to us, even as it does things for us.
