Description
What if the biggest impact of artificial intelligence is not what it can do, but what it quietly does to us? We often focus on capabilities. How powerful AI systems are becoming. What if the biggest impact of artificial intelligence is not what it can do, but what it quietly does to us? We often focus on capabilities. How powerful AI systems are becoming. What tasks they can perform. Whether they might one day surpass human intelligence. But this perspective misses something more immediate. The transformation is already happening. Not through replacement, but through subtle shifts in how we think, decide, and act. As AI systems generate answers, structure options, and anticipate our choices, human decision-making begins to change. We move from constructing to evaluating. From initiating to selecting. From independent judgment to guided behavior. This book explores that shift.Drawing on insights from cognitive science, human-computer interaction, and the philosophy of technology, it examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping human agency in everyday situations. From generative AI and algorithmic recommendations to decision-making in digital environments, it reveals how influence operates not through force, but through convenience. Over time, this creates a new kind of dependency. We rely on systems we do not fully understand. We trust outputs we did not produce. And we adapt our thinking to structures we did not design. The result is not a sudden loss of control. It is a gradual reconfiguration of how decisions come into being."The Quiet Loss of Agency" offers a clear and thought-provoking perspective on one of the most important questions of the digital age:What happens when artificial intelligence becomes part of how we think? Joey Mårseko is an AI researcher working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and society. His work focuses on how advanced AI systems shape human behavior, decision-making, and social structures. With a particular interest in questions of trust, alignment, governance, and human agency, he takes a multidisciplinary approach that combines technical perspectives with insights from the social sciences. His work aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the societal impact of AI and the long-term implications of increasingly autonomous systems.
