The Moral Blind Spot in AI Governance: Risks of Large-Scale Suffering

Published on July 14, 2026 7:48 AM GMTWe’ve just released a paper with the above title where we argue that AI safety discussions warrant much greater attention to suffering caused by misused or misaligned AI, as well as from an entire category of overlooked scenarios: uncontrolled AI aligned with values that don’t prioritize suffering prevention. We write, "Technically aligning powerful AI systems with our current, flawed societal values and practices, heterogeneous as they are, would not amount...