Best The Social Dilemma Netflix Podcasts (2023)

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2023 Ask Us Anything 35:07

25m ago35:07

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You asked, we answered. This has been a big year in the world of tech, with the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence, acceleration of neurotechnology, and continued ethical missteps of social media. Looking back on 2023, there are still so many questions on our minds, and we know you have a lot of questions too. So we created this episode…

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The Promise and Peril of Open Source AI with Elizabeth Seger and Jeffrey Ladish 38:44

8d ago38:44

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As AI development races forward, a fierce debate has emerged over open source AI models. So what does it mean to open-source AI? Are we opening Pandora’s box of catastrophic risks? Or is open-sourcing AI the only way we can democratize its benefits and dilute the power of big tech? Correction: When discussing the large language model Bloom, Elizabe…

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A First Step Toward AI Regulation with Tom Wheeler 35:24

1M ago35:24

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On Monday, Oct. 30, President Biden released a sweeping executive order that addresses many risks of artificial intelligence. Tom Wheeler, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shares his insights on the order with Tristan and Aza and discusses what’s next in the push toward AI regulation. Clarification: When quoting Thomas Jeff…

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No One is Immune to AI Harms with Dr. Joy Buolamwini 47:46

1M ago47:46

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In this interview, Dr. Joy Buolamwini argues that algorithmic bias in AI systems poses risks to marginalized people. She challenges the assumptions of tech leaders who advocate for AI “alignment” and explains why some tech companies are hypocritical when it comes to addressing bias. Dr. Joy Buolamwini is the founder of the Algorithmic Justice Leagu…

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Mustafa Suleyman Says We Need to Contain AI. How Do We Do It? 32:04

2M ago32:04

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This is going to be the most productive decade in the history of our species, says Mustafa Suleyman, author of “The Coming Wave,” CEO of Inflection AI, and founder of Google’s DeepMind. But in order to truly reap the benefits of AI, we need to learn how to contain it. Paradoxically, part of that will mean collectively saying no to certain forms of …

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Inside the First AI Insight Forum in Washington 26:48

3M ago26:48

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Last week, Senator Chuck Schumer brought together Congress and many of the biggest names in AI for the first closed-door AI Insight Forum in Washington, D.C. Tristan and Aza were invited speakers at the event, along with Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, and other leaders. In this update on Your Undivided Attention, Tristan and Aza recount how …

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Spotlight on AI: What Would It Take For This to Go Well? 43:46

3M ago43:46

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Where do the top Silicon Valley AI researchers really think AI is headed? Do they have a plan if things go wrong? In this episode, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin reflect on the last several months of highlighting AI risk, and share their insider takes on a high-level workshop run by CHT in Silicon Valley. NOTE: Tristan refers to journalist Maria Res…

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The AI ‘Race’: China vs. the US with Jeffrey Ding and Karen Hao 45:45

3M ago45:45

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In the debate over slowing down AI, we often hear the same argument against regulation. “What about China? We can’t let China get ahead.” To dig into the nuances of this argument, Tristan and Aza speak with academic researcher Jeffrey Ding and journalist Karen Hao, who take us through what’s really happening in Chinese AI development. They address …

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Esther Perel on Artificial Intimacy 44:07

3M ago44:07

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For all the talk about AI, we rarely hear about how it will change our relationships. As we swipe to find love and consult chatbot therapists, acclaimed psychotherapist and relationship expert Esther Perel warns that there’s another harmful “AI” on the rise — Artificial Intimacy — and how it is depriving us of real connection. Tristan and Esther di…

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Protecting Our Freedom of Thought with Nita Farahany 44:07

4M ago44:07

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We are on the cusp of an explosion of cheap, consumer-ready neurotechnology - from earbuds that gather our behavioral data, to sensors that can read our dreams. And it’s all going to be supercharged by AI. This technology is moving from niche to mainstream - and it has the same potential to become exponential. Legal scholar Nita Farahany talks us t…

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Social Media Victims Lawyer Up with Laura Marquez-Garrett 34:54

5M ago34:54

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Social media was humanity’s ‘first contact’ moment with AI. If we’re going to create laws that are strong enough to prevent AI from destroying our societies, we could benefit from taking a look at the major lawsuits against social media platforms that are playing out in our courts right now. In our last episode, we took a close look at Big Food and…

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Big Food, Big Tech and Big AI with Michael Moss 34:43

5M ago34:43

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In the next two episodes of Your Undivided Attention, we take a close look at two respective industries: big food and social media, which represent dangerous “races to the bottom” and have big parallels with AI. And we are asking: what can our past mistakes and missed opportunities teach us about how we should approach AI harms? In this first episo…

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What Can Technologists Learn from Sesame Street? With Dr. Rosemarie Truglio 29:36

5M ago29:36

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What happens when creators consider what lifelong human development looks like in terms of the tools we make? And what philosophies from Sesame Street can inform how to steward the power of AI and social media to influence minds in thoughtful, humane directions? When the first episode of Sesame Street aired on PBS in 1969, it was unlike anything th…

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Spotlight: How Zombie Values Infect Society 22:56

6M ago22:56

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You’re likely familiar with the modern zombie trope: a zombie bites someone you care about and they’re transformed into a creature who wants your brain. Zombies are the perfect metaphor to explain something Tristan and Aza have been thinking about lately that they call zombie values. In this Spotlight episode of Your Undivided Attention, we talk th…

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Feed Drop: AI Doomsday with Kara Swisher 55:34

6M ago55:34

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There’s really no one better than veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher at challenging people to articulate their thinking. Tristan Harrris recently sat down with her for a wide ranging interview on AI risk. She even pressed Tristan on whether he is a doomsday prepper. It was so great, we wanted to share it with you here. The interview was originall…

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The Tech We Need for 21st Century Democracy with Divya Siddarth 38:39

6M ago38:39

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Democracy in action has looked the same for generations. Constituents might go to a library or school every one or two years and cast their vote for people who don't actually represent everything that they care about. Our technology is rapidly increasing in sophistication, yet our forms of democracy have largely remained unchanged. What would an up…

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Spotlight: AI Myths and Misconceptions 26:48

7M ago26:48

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A few episodes back, we presented Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin’s talk The AI Dilemma. People inside the companies that are building generative artificial intelligence came to us with their concerns about the rapid pace of deployment and the problems that are emerging as a result. We felt called to lay out the catastrophic risks that AI poses to so…

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Talking With Animals… Using AI 24:01

7M ago24:01

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Despite our serious concerns about the pace of deployment of generative artificial intelligence, we are not anti-AI. There are uses that can help us better understand ourselves and the world around us. Your Undivided Attention co-host Aza Raskin is also co-founder of Earth Species Project, a nonprofit dedicated to using AI to decode non-human commu…

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Can We Govern AI? 39:47

7M ago39:47

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When it comes to AI, what kind of regulations might we need to address this rapidly developing new class of technologies? What makes regulating AI and runaway tech in general different from regulating airplanes, pharmaceuticals, or food? And how can we ensure that issues like national security don't become a justification for sacrificing civil righ…

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Spotlight: The Three Rules of Humane Tech 22:17

8M ago22:17

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In our previous episode, we shared a presentation Tristan and Aza recently delivered to a group of influential technologists about the race happening in AI. In that talk, they introduced the Three Rules of Humane Technology. In this Spotlight episode, we’re taking a moment to explore these three rules more deeply in order to clarify what it means t…

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The AI Dilemma 42:25

8M ago42:25

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You may have heard about the arrival of GPT-4, OpenAI’s latest large language model (LLM) release. GPT-4 surpasses its predecessor in terms of reliability, creativity, and ability to process intricate instructions. It can handle more nuanced prompts compared to previous releases, and is multimodal, meaning it was trained on both images and text. We…

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TikTok’s Transparency Problem 37:13

9M ago37:13

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A few months ago on Your Undivided Attention, we released a Spotlight episode on TikTok's national security risks. Since then, we've learned more about the dangers of the China-owned company: We've seen evidence of TikTok spying on US journalists, and proof of hidden state media accounts to influence the US elections. We’ve seen Congress ban TikTok…

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Synthetic Humanity: AI & What’s At Stake 46:25

10M ago46:25

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It may seem like the rise of artificial intelligence, and increasingly powerful large language models you may have heard of, is moving really fast… and it IS. But what’s coming next is when we enter synthetic relationships with AI that could come to feel just as real and important as our human relationships... And perhaps even more so. In this epis…

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The Race to Cooperation 34:57

10M ago34:57

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It’s easy to tell ourselves we’re living in the world we want – one where Darwinian evolution drives competing technology platforms and capitalism pushes nations to maximize GDP regardless of externalities like carbon emissions. It can feel like evolution and competition are all there is. If that’s a complete description of what’s driving the world…

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Ask Us Anything: You Asked, We Answered 42:51

12M ago42:51

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Welcome to our first-ever Ask Us Anything episode. Recently we put out a call for questions… and, wow, did you come through! We got more than 100 responses from listeners to this podcast from all over the world. It was really fun going through them all, and really difficult to choose which ones to answer here. But we heard you, and we’ll carry your…

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2023 Ask Us Anything 35:07

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The Promise and Peril of Open Source AI with Elizabeth Seger and Jeffrey Ladish 38:44

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A First Step Toward AI Regulation with Tom Wheeler 35:24

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No One is Immune to AI Harms with Dr. Joy Buolamwini 47:46

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Mustafa Suleyman Says We Need to Contain AI. How Do We Do It? 32:04

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Inside the First AI Insight Forum in Washington 26:48

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Spotlight on AI: What Would It Take For This to Go Well? 43:46

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The AI ‘Race’: China vs. the US with Jeffrey Ding and Karen Hao 45:45

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Esther Perel on Artificial Intimacy 44:07

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Protecting Our Freedom of Thought with Nita Farahany 44:07

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Social Media Victims Lawyer Up with Laura Marquez-Garrett 34:54

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Big Food, Big Tech and Big AI with Michael Moss 34:43

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What Can Technologists Learn from Sesame Street? With Dr. Rosemarie Truglio 29:36

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Spotlight: How Zombie Values Infect Society 22:56

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Feed Drop: AI Doomsday with Kara Swisher 55:34

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The Tech We Need for 21st Century Democracy with Divya Siddarth 38:39

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Spotlight: AI Myths and Misconceptions 26:48

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Talking With Animals… Using AI 24:01

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Can We Govern AI? 39:47

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Spotlight: The Three Rules of Humane Tech 22:17

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The AI Dilemma 42:25

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TikTok’s Transparency Problem 37:13

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Synthetic Humanity: AI & What’s At Stake 46:25

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The Race to Cooperation 34:57

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Ask Us Anything: You Asked, We Answered 42:51

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