A funny look at the unintended consequences of technology | Chuck Nice

Technology should work for us, but what happens when it doesn't? Comedian Chuck Nice explores the unintended consequences of technological advancement and human interaction -- with hilarious results.
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[@harshthechampful]

I just love when he goes from being humorous to being serious

[@KoruGo]

= every ted talk ever

[@Faheemsnotes]

Who knew him through StarTalk?

[@NathanY0ung]

Yep.

[@austonfroid4832]

Love that guy

[@blorkpovud1576]

Me

[@shannonmcdonald7584]

This is the first thing other than startalk I've seen him do

[@Alpha_Centauri99]

Smoking gun fool

[@mohammadwasifurrahman3391]

The points were wonderful and the humour was awesome. Great video 😊

[@swapniljadhav3239]

Man, it's chuck from star talk!

[@midoribushi5331]

Love Chuck Nice, dude, is hilarious, but at the same time well informed and knowledgable abut science. I love watching him on Star Talk! And yes, I know I am way late for this video. Just popped up in my recommends.

[@whatareyougay2826]

TED talks. But does TED listen? :(

[@8iaventri999]

where have you been all my life???

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

Nope, not listening, went for a smoke outside instead; had to, inside smoking's frowned upon these days.

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😂💀

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How can he listen if he's taking.. the... Ted paradox

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LOL.... LMAO... 🤣 🤣

[@BennXdesign]

This guy is good, speaks well and is very scientifically literate.

[@tinyhousebigfarm4471]

Thanks, white guy. Speaks well? Typical closet racist remark.

[@BennXdesign]

@@tinyhousebigfarm4471 Are you serious? Stop seeing racism everywhere, its just ridiculous. Now you can't even point out people skills that they obviously,trained really hard to get without being seen as racist? btw my wife is from the other side of the world and is as far as it is possible to be from me ethnically, and I left my home country in Europa to live here in Asia. Your remark is totally ridiculous, so misplaced.

[@agrsk8r]

He better be scientifically literate... Neil DeGrasse Tyson has been his personal tutor for years!

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[@schwarzarbyter]

imagine buying robot gf and she would be like "i'm lesbian" and walks away

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

There's something called lemon law in the states, right?

[@jacklonghearse9821]

REFUND

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

While, tbh, I'm afraid there might be a greenhaired buncha college squatters tryna tell You that it was its right to do so, and because You're a man what makes You toxic, it was good by principle, too ...

[@cvdinjapan7935]

Imagine it said "I'm laptopian" and it started scissoring your laptop.

[@999kknives]

bruh she a deviant

[@JP3C3]

This man is one of the best speakers I have ever seen in my life.

[@ashnahkhalidkhan2244]

This guy is amazing!! By far one of the best TED talks I've ever seen

[@ericadams2586]

Ive known Chuck Nice since i was about 20 yrs old.. im 45. He def changed his trajectory. It works. Love the guy. ....yall?

[@pjhalchemy]

Well Done! Only a great comedian can bring out the truth when others see it and shine it on for the next new iToy. Discernment is the basis for intelligence and now that we have lost Hawkins it's even more important to listen to the other two and discern our actions before texting people next to us! Thank you for the presentation and Discernment!

[@palletcabin-YR_Author]

I love this Ted Talk! Chuck rocks!

[@steffenolaisen1897]

i like how the guy on the train is reading Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

[@jackreen1490]

this was a great help I've got an assessment in English on consequences society could face in the future due to scientific and technological advancements

[@Bethos1247-Arne]

Unironically, this is the best TED talk I watched so far.

[@softwaretestinglearninghub]

Amazing video! Chuck Nice is just amazing and made very good points on the current world issues.

[@TheOldHippiebilly]

Keep up the great work, Chuck! Love ya man!

[@Cyleste82]

“Driverless Cars. Something that has been around for many years, just without the assistance of computers!” 😂😂😂

[@EFreak14]

this went darker then i anticipated at the end there

[@Melody_Yuna]

And fairly so.

[@easygreasy3989]

Oh My God Chuck!! Chills man, chills. Let me watch this again

[@bindmedia2852]

Great talk with lots of humor. But I also think that people who develop technology should be more responsible.

[@donaldhobson8873]

The AI discussion is highly anthropomorphized. The AI will likely not think anything like us. The same way a car can be fast without being cheetah like, or a crane tall without being giraffe like, AI will be smart without being human like. By default the AI does not love you, nor does it hate you, but you are made of atoms it can use for something else.

[@Mike-ph2qf]

I think the general gist of Chuck's argument on AI is that we should design AI systems in such a way that we can both coexist. The implementation of emotions and unconditional love toward humans is just a means to that end.

[@jawsstech]

You two are the real communicators here. Both of you have great points.

[@apqspruyt]

Great talk.

[@naomimallett6139]

i love him. this si funny and informative

[@userjohn6590]

Great show, really great show. :-)

[@johantoong4357]

Brilliant one, sir!

[@nofearnodoubtnodisbelief5950]

You are great man!!!

[@user-kn9hs4nq2g]

It's a great video! Thanks!

[@firouzchennoufi4875]

Very good, i'd like your speech to much, thank you

[@abhimat]

Amazing!

[@jaystifler3773]

Never thought I would see chuck nice on Ted

[@mohammadshelal962]

best speaker I've ever seen

[@ianjulius5185]

Thanks for coming to my Ted Kacyznski talk

[@nejiross]

Phenomenal Ted Talk!

[@gelbsucht947]

Wow. Powerful stuff.

[@maxineyang1332]

"Why don't you just turn off the internet?" Me: EXACTLY

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Maxine Yang hay

[@311man2]

I hope to see nice new technology in the future and I really really hope to avoid dangerous consequences of that 😨

[@SuperiorDave]

Chuck Nice is one of my favorite humans.

[@JDKing-rj2oy]

😂 I went to my local DMV last week. I was the only person there for my entire visit, and the representative was friendly and helpful.

[@dr.e7267]

He belongs on platforms like this not StarTalk…this is where he shines

[@fullmatthew]

Strongly disagree. He is way more natural on StarTalk (and funnier).

[@Choc-Ice]

Very well presented and executed. 👍

[@Melody_Yuna]

The last quote gave me goosebumps- and his concerns are mine....

[@jordangould1541]

He’s the comedic version of Neil de grass Tyson

[@Hakiimthedream]

and not condescending

[@kyle333halfevil]

Funny they have a show together.

[@blackhole1315]

@@kyle333halfevil Startalk's amazing

[@fl0w822]

LOVE Chuck

[@melissa4856]

Your hilarious and this was great thank you for sharing!!

[@stanmoulton6904]

I was I-95 in Fl, when a motorcycle passed me, with the drive texting. Not even holding handle bars. I made lots of room for that intelligent person.

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Buenísimo Chuck buenísimooo!!

[@alilahraoute4577]

Chuck Nice is sooooo underrated

[@CassandraDarling]

Love this guy - Awesome presenter

[@thagodfather007]

Neil degrasse tysons side kick

[@craigbenz4835]

The most entertaining TED talk yet.

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Amazing guy

[@AirTimeEh]

Absolutely amazing ted talk. Very important also for people to understand these messages.

[@sergiomuniz350]

😆😆 the driveless cars joke was funny

[@odizzido]

I really liked this, though I do wish it explored the issue a little more.

[@user-ro2ln4qq4i]

10:16 me-"oh. You've been hanging out with Neil. Definitely."

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

Watching this after seeing Blade Runner 2049 movie.. just perfect.

[@tootstoyou1]

just before this I watched chuck Nice giving HIS take on the WS Slap. Oh yes. Totally on board with his advice to Will. In fact Señor Nice has a lot to offer !! .. humor,…. wisdom…. Interesting .. Okay, I’m a 69 YO white woman retired in Mexico, but don’t hold that against me ! I was impressed .. And his kids are beautiful

[@tominessex1252]

Quality !!

[@diphenhydramine6072]

Easily my favorite comedian.

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Dig it, Chuck Nice!

[@br6768]

Honestly.. My experience at the DMV recently was fast and easy

[@Ben-mt7yj]

This is actually hilarious😂😂

[@DahliaLegacy]

I @.@ have been reading while driving too...

[@mylovelycameraman3731]

the irony. watching this now on the subway. one of the guys in the train. lol

[@AfroGannon]

glad to see he does well without someone to riff on.

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[@ancutapopa6731]

This man is brilliant !

[@PhilippinesLifeseb]

Obviously you're not

[@ancutapopa6731]

@@PhilippinesLifeseb Your life must be pretty boring for you to leave such comments about someone that you don’t even know :) have a good day though ( you need it )

[@javiercortes9158]

This is the best speech I have ever heard on technology. Technology is not something that should scare us, rather it is a tool that can help us to be better in our environment, but the problem is the incorrect use that we are giving it, it's taking us away from our origin.

[@winter176]

Most funny video by now.. Good arguments and presentation. And we don't want scary and theoretical arguments all the time. Sometimes common sense is enough.

[@ittainativ6606]

Oh yeah? Search for a TED talk called "What happens when you reply to spam email" (by James Veitch) It's probably the funniest thing I've ever seen.

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That guy was Nice :D

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Sugoi Talk !

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Sami sama kakko tsuketa komento

[@IvyANguyen]

We already HAVE let it expose our true selves!

[@Haroldp72]

awkwardness, failure, and shame

[@Kratax]

What social media has done to dating? Dating?

[@Leotique]

damn great talker

[@donaldhobson8873]

Designer babies will make humanity much less uniform if loosely regulated. Soon we get glow in the dark babies, or babies with infra red vision. Yay go superbaby.

[@celinak5062]

Donald Hobson a furry's dream

[@isaacthek]

Robot girlfriends have been a dream since Pygmalion - the Greeks predicted this one.

[@emersonb.4152]

came here from startalk

[@rubenjimenez221]

How can we teach machines to love us if we don't love ourselfs?

[@mftarik1255]

imagine your last names simply nice

[@jsunny2029]

I can't wait for designer babies. 😃they're the future

[@raghav3093]

We will all be out of jobs and listening to this on borrowed wifi

[@airconditioning1121]

Is there a written worded version?

[@aalliyahwilbert]

Air Conditioning on Ted talks website

[@Jp-jn5bs]

Love Chuck nice! Hes hilarious!

[@venkateshbabu5623]

That is why we got the internet so difficult to deal with people. We want to manage people and other animals. Looking for the next generation internet.

[@venkateshbabu5623]

So many people waste time and we want them educated.

[@venkateshbabu5623]

They don't even know who is the president of China.

[@endelible5925]

nicely

[@emilianotovar4546]

I think the tecnology always creates consequences but this consequences are necesary for our benefit, just we need to see where it´s the limit and stopped there, reflexing and take the changes to be better,. Like the speaker said "How human are we?" it´s the real question and if we can resolve all gonna be great.

[@celinak5062]

Humans with purple or yellow eyes and green and blue hair would be pretty cool

[@brucewayne5916]

He raised concern on AI 5Years ago Now ai is here

[@dsp4392]

That bit about robot girlfriends is so hypocritical. People have been getting pets since forever because they can be coerced to "love". That's exactly what robot companions are meant to do, except you're not imprisoning a living being in the process.

[@Paul0n0n]

dsp4 But what happens when AI/robotics require the same rights as people?

[@dsp4392]

Paul0n0n More of an "if" than a "when" really, but it doesn't change much. Both animals and robots could eventually require the same rights as humans. It'll be for us to decide what to do, and if they're not happy with it, we either get the matrix or planet of the apes.

[@celinak5062]

9:13 no we'll have designed human pets and they'll look like Timothee Chalamet

[@flavaa9494]

This guy seems smart and hilarious. He should make a show about science with Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@leeFbeatz]

❤

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Sei fortteee

[@maryistulsafox]

Actually D babies is the ticket to Mars and be on!

[@mdsaif05]

I like nice.

[@Chambaeee]

technology is a future; The questions is what kind of technology are making for tomorrow?

[@hennessyman4201]

I’m pretty sure Andrew Yang saw this TED TALK