Politik

The AI Safety Illusion: What “Security” Really Means # Marketing vs. Reality: # “AI Safety” Marketing: # “Protection from dangerous AI” “Algorithmic Accountability” “Bias Prevention” “Transparent AI Systems” “Human-Centric AI Development” “AI Safety” Reality: # Market entry barriers for startups Compliance costs that only Big Tech can handle Innovation paralysis through bureaucratic processes Regulatory arbitrariness as competitive weapon Surveillance legitimization in the name of “safety” Concrete “Safety” Measures and Their True Goals: # 1. “AI Model Registration” # Officially: “Create transparency about AI systems”

You wake up, check your smartphone, drive to work, buy coffee with a card, work on the computer, stream Netflix in the evening. A normal day? No. A day under total surveillance. Every day, over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are collected about us – and most people don’t even notice.

On August 1st, 2025, the EU AI Act came fully into force – Europe’s response to the rapid development of artificial intelligence. The EU celebrates itself as the “first continent with comprehensive AI regulation.” But behind the headlines lurks a bureaucratic monster that stifles innovation while ignoring the real problems.