Comment by Milton Mueller

Computer scientists often aren't good judges of the social and political implications of technology. They are so focused on the AI's mechanisms and are overwhelmed by its success, but they are not very good at placing it into a social and historical context. [...] The spectre of an autonomous, all-powerful AGI distracts us from the real governance problems and distorts our conception of policy options. If our threat model is unrealistic, our policy responses are certain to be wrong. Unverified source (2026)