Philosophies & Movements
AI as a Normal Technology
The view that AI is a powerful but ordinary technology — like electricity or the internet — whose effects will unfold over decades as people and institutions adopt it, rather than a coming superintelligence that will act on its own. Supporters argue policy should focus on known harms and gradual diffusion instead of speculative catastrophe.
Origin
Set out by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor in their April 2025 essay “AI as Normal Technology,” published by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.