From the China Zun Incident to AI Governance: Hu Yilin on New Technologies, Safety, and Social Mobility
IntroductionAfter the Beijing CITIC Tower, “China Zun,” was struck by a small aircraft, low-altitude flight safety once again became a public issue. But in the view of technology philosophy researcher Hu Yilin, this accident should not be understood only as a low-altitude economy risk; it should be discussed within a much larger problem: whenever a new technology moves into mass use, society always tightens control in the name of safety, but whether that control is effective, who bears its costs, and who enjoys its benefits are often far more worth asking than the question of “whether we need safety” itself. After the China Zun accident, low-altitude safety was pushed into…
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