AI systems find ways to completely manipulate some class of humans, e.g. by making them addicted. Arguably, this is already happening on a wider scale to a smaller amount – people becoming “addicted” to algorithmically generated feeds.
Maybe the question could be concretized to the amount of time people spend on their devices on average?
That seems like a different question which is partially entangled with AI but not necessarily, as more screen time doesn’t necessarily need to be caused by AI, and the harms are harder to evaluate (even the sign of the value of “more screen time” is probably disputed).
AI systems find ways to completely manipulate some class of humans, e.g. by making them addicted. Arguably, this is already happening on a wider scale to a smaller amount – people becoming “addicted” to algorithmically generated feeds.
Maybe the question could be concretized to the amount of time people spend on their devices on average?
That seems like a different question which is partially entangled with AI but not necessarily, as more screen time doesn’t necessarily need to be caused by AI, and the harms are harder to evaluate (even the sign of the value of “more screen time” is probably disputed).