John Tasioulas(@JTasioulas):There's an attention trap in AI. Yes there are legitimate questions regarding AI-related existential risk and the welfare of AI models. But these come *way down* the list in terms of urgency as compared with other AI-related problems. The disproportionate focus on the former distracts attention from the latter and even impairs our ability to engage with the more urgent problems.

John Tasioulas

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Philosopher. Working on a new project on "Saving Liberalism From Itself". "Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil".

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John Tasioulas@JTasioulas

2026.09.15 18:11

There's an attention trap in AI. Yes there are legitimate questions regarding AI-related existential risk and the welfare of AI models. But these come *way down* the list in terms of urgency as compared with other AI-related problems. The disproportionate focus on the former distracts attention from the latter and even impairs our ability to engage with the more urgent problems.