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The Policy Trap: Why Existential AI Risk Masks Routine Infringements
The prevailing discourse in technology policy has become increasingly fixated on existential threats and spectacular failures, a shift that often serves to obscure more mundane but pervasive harms. According to an analysis by MIT Technology Review, what is currently celebrated as 'success' in AI governance consists of basic protections that should have been baseline requirements from the start. Examples include commitments from AI companies that chatbots will not encourage self-harm or that social media platforms will restrict illicit drug sales to minors. While these are necessary safeguards, their late arrival highlights a reactive rather than proactive approach to technological oversight.
· 2026-10-26