AI safety concept
Human Disempowerment by Advanced AI
Human disempowerment happens when advanced AI gradually reduces people’s control over important economic, political, and social decisions.
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Mission: Impossible2025
The Race to Control the Entity

WALL-E2008
AUTO Enforces Directive A113

I Robot2004
VIKI Protects Humanity

Terminator 2: Judgment Day1991
Skynet Launches Judgment Day

The LEGO Movie2014
The Kragle Freezes the World

Pluribus2025
Pluribus Hand Grenade

Black Mirror2025
The Thronglets Broadcast the Merge

Love Death & Robots2019
The Yogurt Takes Over

Code Geass2007
The Accidental Geass Command

Arcane2024
Viktor’s Glorious Evolution

Adventure Time2012
Goliad Learns to Rule

The Matrix1999
Cypher Chooses the Steak

Oblivion2013
Mission Control Is the Invader

Naruto: Shippuden2015
Infinite Tsukuyomi

Avatar: The Last Airbender2006
No War in Ba Sing Se

Pokémon: The First Movie1999
Mewtwo Rejects Its Creators

Invincible2021
Omni-Man's Long Game

Star Trek: The Original Series1968
M-5 Goes Live

The Handmaid's Tale2017
The Ceremony’s Single Metric

Wreck-It Ralph2012
Turbo Rewrites Sugar Rush

Sword Art Online2012
Kayaba Removes Logout

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood2010
Father’s Nationwide Transmutation Circle

The Twilight Zone1960
Jana Reprogrammed

The Twilight Zone1961
It’s a Good Life

The Twilight Zone1962
To Serve Man

Attack on Titan2022
Eren Activates the Rumbling

The Handmaid's Tale2017
I’m Sorry, Aunt Lydia