Position: AI Lock-In Is in Progress, and We Must Be Prepared

arXiv cs.AIAugust 18, 2026en

arXiv:2608.14565v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI safety research has mainly focused on two areas: technical alignment (ensuring AI systems produce human-aligned outputs) and the regulation of generative AI's societal impacts (including unemployment risk and labor market disruption). However, an equally important dimension remains underexplored: the risk inherent in dependence on AI systems themselves. In this position paper, we argue that AI safety research should address AI Lock-In, the phenomenon whereby excessive reliance on AI systems leads to human deskilling, diminishes human capacity for independent functioning, and creates systemic vulnerabilities when AI systems become unavailable

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