I'm not afraid. You're afraid | Tristan Harris | Nobel Prize Summit 2023

[@rrakesh22221]

Can you please upload the decks anywhere or ensure going forward that those watching online can also see the slides

[@NobelPrize]

The version with the decks is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWGZmYaer8ShjJI

[@rrakesh22221]

@@NobelPrize thank for the prompt reply.

[@Atlaswh7]

All the slides Harris used are also in the presentation he mentioned: The AI Dilemma kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqC5e36gbdGWhLM

[@waakdfms2576]

I can't give this enough thumbs up - it should be viewed and understood by everyone on the planet....yesterday.

[@esterhudson5104]

Anti-globalist here. No.

[@general_future]

Amen

[@hawkenfox]

But 70 percent of the world don't read and write english, Damn!

[@hawkenfox]

@@esterhudson5104 Lol your world view have nothing to do with AI taking over the world. And if it happens you would wish the world is unified to learn how to align with AI so that it doesn't do us in. Whether you like AI or not it's coming for sure.

[@MartianTom]

Or even the year before yesterday.

[@Learna_Hydralis]

Modern day philosopher and ethicist, man of honesty and consideration Tristan Harris!

[@hawkenfox]

Worshiper of smart men?

[@RubinGhimire]

​@@hawkenfoxWhoa big jump

[@MartianTom]

15.5 minutes of the most pertinent and important wisdom we're likely to hear on KZbin. This, as Tristan said in 'The Social Dilemma', is checkmate on humanity.

[@johnatyoutube]

I absolutely love and resonate with your opening statement. I am an AI scientist and humanist and environmentalist and spiritual being. For me, it has been important to integrate all of these aspects of myself in a healthy ethics-centered way. I don't believe that these parts of ourselves are unbridgeable if we engage wisdom in how we address them within ourselves and in a connected way with others. But, we need to work hard to develop our atrophied wisdom muscles. Towards that end, for myself, I've become an ICF coach. And I've conducted wisdom circles and listening sessions as well as engaged in personal and organizational coaching and conservation work along with AI research to grow my wisdom along with those I work with in all those activities. We all have a responsibility to meditate on what challenges us, work to understand others, and put humanity and the planet before our egos and fears. And work towards developing our wisdom from a place of understanding, compassion, awareness, and love.

[@kamilasilva2348]

Me too :)

[@KieranLeCam]

An important note: how exactly do we influence people to match the complexity? If technology is too complex for the average person, how are you going to convince them to act? If it goes beyond them to understand the issue, how will they contribute to fixing it? People need to get smarter. They need to care more. They need to be more responsible, less passive. And everyone needs to do it.

[@isetfrances6124]

❤ we are likely already smarter than earlier generations (because of these tools). Talk, think faster... But that's an evolutionary experience we're adapting to as well.😂

[@SLefd]

"People need to get smarter. They need to care more. They need to be more responsible, less passive. And everyone needs to do it." Exactly. And that's for certain (like 100%) not gonna happen. How could it.

[@colonistjester1552]

All we need is to stop wanting more and start liking who we are and what we have

[@markc5960]

​@@isetfrances6124faster doesn't equal smarter.

[@allsmiles3281]

Digital literacy, digital equity.

[@nathangrinalds2536]

Great talk, both the diagnosis and the prescription.

[@KD9-37]

Damn he Killed it, What a Stellar Talk.

[@anacvelez4698]

I get it now! Thank you so much for this Tristan Harris!

[@EDTalks777]

Thank you for uploading this cut.

[@spitfirerulz]

Please don't believe anyone who says something like "trust me, AI researchers think everything will be fine". I am a Machine Learning researcher, everything is NOT fine. There are loads of us who are INCREDIBLY concerned about catastrophic outcomes for humanity. And the numbers of those concerned are steadily increasing.

[@howardjuliewiley5629]

Along with climate crisis, income inequality getting worse and the fake news stories, mostly coming from the GOP, our futures are not looking good.

[@41-Haiku]

Thank you for your willingness to speak up. I really think we stand a chance of coming out of this okay, if we can work hard to get enough people on the same page!

[@87Avantgarde]

Thank you so much for this great video! ❤ Wisdom (& empathy) have been, are and forever will be the best way for everything and I totally agree that we need more of especially wisdom in the institutions. While I‘m not as pessimistic, I‘d like to add that we need to reevaluate the so far useful construct of capitalism that helped us overcome hardship and other obstacles. Though the right of the (economically) strongest is not useful anymore in my opinion. But really I have no better idea, so I‘ll stick with trust in us as human beings :)

[@carriefu458]

Thank you for this enlightening talk! I love the analogy on our immune system (government and regulation) vs virus (AI tech) and how fast the 2 evolve in this arm race! Let's win with compassion, humanity, and wisdom!! ❤💕🫀🤓🤩

[@JosephDarcourt]

Balance🙏

[@Wilki_J]

This is another great talk from Tristan Harris. But.. I think the title doesn't really do the content justice. This is a massively important message, and I think the title isn't a great hook... (!!). Please keep them coming. Please get those global leaders to understand this stuff, and schools in particular. We need to curb these systems that have done so much damage to constructive dialogue in global society...

[@KathaaSagar]

I resonate with the message.. Innate curiosity to uncover things.. enjoy creativity, and being self contained..

[@MateoThode]

Thanks Tristan Harris

[@Clarkd87]

Progress is a myth. This talk represents a palatable presentation of the inevitable control mechanisms that will only serve to dehumanize further. It all truly sounds great, but the questions we pose must be deeper. What is progress and should we be pursuing these things at all?

[@hhwippedcream]

Thank you for putting words to the collective anxiety many feel. A common refrain in institutions towards early adopters is 'deal with your people (cultural) issues before adopting tools to confront issues.' institutions are not the most dynamic adopters because each technology requires a new data reframing in a way that effectively constitutes paradigm shift for those used to institutional adoption pace. It's a lot of work, but it is good work.

[@gorath0007]

I think it’s a good talk, in particular with respects the challenges that social media has created. I got interested when he started with the human brain context, but didn’t get to really embraced that challenge in the talk. He highlighted effectively that we abuse our brain with negative reinforcements with AI, but not how we can turn that into an advantage. The brain has an uncanny ability to rise to a challenge and overcome ‘suffering’. It’s how we learn. Like the body, society can organise itself towards a complex goal or state, take moonshots for example; ie going to the moon. Problem is, there seems to be a tendency of capitalism to think that fear makes more money. Fear of missing out, fear of hacking, fear of losing money, name it. The component of control and regulation is challenging. Genie is out of the box so to say. Not only that any one anywhere can build it to some extent. It’s not like the construction of a nuclear bomb that we could to some extent control. Digital tech by its nature drives scale, not productivity. He is right that it will grow beyond our ability to grasp it. While we should try to control and minimise negative impact, it’s rise will be inevitable. And since it’s learning from our ‘first contact’, it knows we crave fear….Not how we can turn that around, but should try nonetheless

[@vivarc2]

The opening quote from E O Wilson is stunning and elegant at the same time. Mr. Harris earnestly weaved the idea that we need to mediate our past with our present in order to navigate our increasing technological future. The "cultural climate change" is great term for the strange tides of the past few years, especially of the tribalism influenced by media. If anything I've witnessed more and more people become less and less like themselves. I believe that EO Wilson, while being able to frame the problem with such few words, he also has a similar pattern of simplicity to address the solution. That is.... Go outside.... Well he kind of wrote the book on going outside "Biophilia", which pulled at the heart strings of other talented individuals that stirred into the "Biophilic Hypothesis". Creating a consilience, if you will, of brilliant minds across the globe to try and address the issue of the genetic component of why a natural environment has such a profound positive impact on people. With a quick google search of " the average time people spend indoors" what you find is a staggering amount of 90%. But what is more alarming is that the first site that appears for me is a statistic for air quality not anything to do with environmental psychology/ wellness etc. If our paleolithic emotions and brains are dependent on getting some good quality outdoor time and we as humans are spending over 90% of our time indoors, than shouldn't we go outside more and take a friend or two?

[@rasharma574]

If I was to describe the message of this talk in one word - Infinity

[@5hydroxyT]

this begs the question: how do we develop wisdom?

[@sullivx]

Outstanding

[@LanguageKing333]

The best thing I learned from this is how to apply the slot machine technology and psychology to studying languages. Studying so many is my personal slot machine. It’s great to use that psychology yourself instead of getting manipulated by it.❤

[@LEK-0525]

I am not afraid

[@TheRealAbdallahEssam]

My hero ❤

[@YoungDegenerate]

Sir i pay for KZbin premium. I hate ads 😐

[@justinleemiller]

Brilliant

[@nayifsalim9540]

Great

[@jurgenstephanopolus5095]

Absolutely on point.

[@elizabethpeterson455]

The only way that we develop wisdom is through life experience and the older we become, the more wisdom we all acquire. We cannot learn life by watching a film, or by reading a book. Young people can become wise by applying what they've gone through, or going through if they get out in the world early. All the degrees in the world will not make you wise without awareness...of self and the motivations of others. When you walk the walk, then you can have the conversation.

[@pemikirdigital]

Great! I like your video

[@johnnycomelately6341]

Noble ! and wise

[@captainalazharalyusof2902]

I'm do not be afraid of the space between my dream and reality. If you can dream it , you can make it so much to achived your dreams. What's your dreams in your own country system democracy parlimentry dibumi kenegaraan bangsa dibumi negara ku Malaysia 👍

[@grzegorzkapica7930]

1. Make media financially independent from advertising. 2. Make the people owning media

[@mircorichter1375]

The most important thing is to change constitutions such that neither total survaillance, nor social scoring, nor CBDC are ever possible. Make the individual stronger.

[@Acro._.]

Damn you Nobel Prize I'm here at 11:48pm rushing a piece of English Literature homework about the impacts of science on humanity and stuff with this very video as one of the sources I have to analyse arghhh

[@jyotitiwade2065]

Great thanks 15:35

[@questioneverythingalways820]

This is the preamble to pushing for digital ID, more regulation. Not so subtle - regardless of how accurate the content.

[@dwylhq874]

You already have a digital ID; unless you are a hermit and don’t pay any taxes or use any Gov services. By definition you have to be identified to be in modern society.

[@isvvujisic9959]

We can not do anything until profit is main drive of actions and not the common good of all people on the planet. You simply can not have profit and common good work together hand by hand.

[@viktoro.ledenyov5829]

Nobel!!!😊😊😊

[@billneo]

"We can't have the power of gods without the love, prudence and wisdom of gods." - Daniel Schmachtenberger. But most of the gods i'm aware of seem themselves to be lacking in those very qualities.

[@PaddySlattery]

The fundamental message is critical, almost drowned out by Nobel Prizes desire for attention. The message tho. The message. Side note: Nobel Prize need to either lose its relevance and retract into our memories, or, reward people based on the fundamental nature of ideas, as opposed to optics (of all concerned).

[@BlueFinger.4x]

From 10:00 and on is the white paper for the best new app

[@rezadaneshi]

We need to regulate a rating attached to every upload for truth and efficacy

[@aghost1410]

We need a real authentic resource for knowledge and truth to accurately rate anything, first. A lot of what people "think" is actually totally not according to realms of truth. Whatever could be "truth" is going to require understanding of context, properties, definition, and application to a MYRIAD of complex situations. That KNOWLEDGE is sacred, and it needs to be checked before anyone claims to know what is truth.. We. Know. NOTHING, What we ARE however, is LOVE. Be that instead.

[@aidanhall6679]

And how will that process be regulated?

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@aidanhall6679 by tyrants

[@michaelhartjen3214]

Don't generalize too much, provide a practical and usable strategic pathway

[@alexcaminiti]

Agreed. Tropes and adages ad infinitum are for boomers.

[@CecilePoyet]

Great talk from Tristan Harris, as always. I am a little uncomfortable with the conclusion. Shall we really limit the power "we" are handing out? By the way, who is "we" in this sentence? Instead, why not raising the worldwide levels of wisdom and responsibility? - something each and every human being on this planet is going to have to do if we have a chance to survive as a species.

[@weslee511]

Overall good vid with important considerations

[@DoNotForget45180]

If you scared just sing “let it go” from frozen

[@MrRobertFarr]

I am afraid !

[@paulbradbury5792]

I'll offer some moderation to the Internet with this comment which means it will probably be ignored: our medieval institutions and I would argue a majority of the population can't think more than 3 to 4 steps into a problem. I see it constantly in our society, this collective attention deficit. I often wonder how lost people would be if they had to rely on spoken driving directions for somewhere they're trying to get if god forbid Google maps went down for a day, especially if those driving directions involved multiple steps

[@alexcaminiti]

I often wonder if people are even able to speak to each other any longer. For I am constantly encountering people unable to even say hello in response to me saying hello. How are we ever going to solve massive problems if we can't even communicate with strangers on the smallest level?

[@7ann7seven13]

Tristan's Non profit is a nice start. Our gut biome is severely affected by our poor soils etc. Teaching kids and families why and how the Asians made Kimchi and fermented foods is EXTREMELY vital to sustaining life on earth. Our gut biome affects our thinking , emotions and behavior and it is vitally important to keep it active. Sauerkraut is the highest food with Vit. C in it than any citrus fruit also...... With that said, his team needs to put their money where their mouth is. Literally, instead of paying people a salary at this Non -profit, buy a farm.or land and invite young people and their kids to live there in a tiny home for a week. It will be a 'check your cell phone here.....' type of thing .Showing them that they will still live without the phone will build security and confidence. It is not a huge amount of money. Elon Musk has already begun this by getting us off the grid, stopping depending upon oil to fuel all cars and trucks. Solar is the first choice right now.

[@inforestsweheal]

I would argue that misinformation isn't the problem per se. It's the fact that corporate interests underlie everything now - scientists, governments and businesses regularly lie to us. How do you believe anyone anymore? You can't. That's the problem.

[@ToriKo_]

I noticed some more John Vervaeke like phrases here than in the AI Dilemma talk, which was interesting

[@LanguageKing333]

My question is this. I study languages a lot and I have studied about 50. Will A.I have the power to make humans speak any languages they want easily?

[@jaredjetsel]

This guy seriously just did a talk called "I'm not afraid. You're afraid" and then went onto talking about all these things he was afraid of. Here are some excerpts of some of the nonsense in this talk. 1:58 These phrases about social media being "1st contact with humanity and AI" are inaccurate. First contact with AI was from developers who used the programs directly and not through social media. Also, some of the algorithms which determined which content to show do not require using AI technology but just usual programming as opposed to machine learning techniques. 3:15 "About to go into second contact with large language models", again it would seem that "contact" has already been established and is widely in use. It's already happened. 3:49 Actually people do pay for KZbin, including myself. It's called KZbin Premium. False. 9:10 He asserts that the US dollar could be easily devalued "like that" (in a snap) by creating fake photos of people standing in front of banks? Huh? He states that there isn't any "Department of Homeland Security or patriot missile defense system that can stop someone from doing something like that". Unproven assertion. It would appear that US federal agencies do have capabilities to stop cyber threats so it isn't as if there is no defense against such things. Also people have been doing things to try and influence currency values for foreign exchange for a while and society is still functioning. Fear mongering. 9:52 A faster evolutionary pace of a virus as compared to the immune system does not necessarily result in the immune system losing. As it has been shown that the immune system can respond to new pathogens and not lose by default. Or phrased another way, faster rates of mutation and genetic divergence of microbes does not necessarily mean that the immune system could not respond effectively to them. False. 10:12 "The choice making of humanity in terms of both individually and in terms of regulation of how our institutions act has to match the complexity of the world". Ugh. False. Consider that the human body has more atoms than the milky way galaxy has stars. That's a whole lot of complexity when you start adding up all that up for the entire world! Obviously these do not have to match and if anything choice making and regulation should be simpler than the extraordinary complexity of the world. 10:38 Isn't using this sort of term "god-like" just reinforcing the medieval institutions rather than upgrading them? Arguably, AI isn't "god-like" because it has actually been demonstrated to exist beyond the realms of fictional literature and people's imagination. 10:55 What is meant by "embracing our Paleolithic brains"? According to this dude, "confirmation bias, the social rewards that we get, belonging" is "embracing what it means to be human". First of all, many of the social rewards around today are not innate to homo sapiens which for the majority of their time on this planet on the evolutionary scale did not require. I'll stick to embracing my Paleolithic brain using my skull as usual. 11:06 "the name humane means having an honest reflected view of you in the mirror of how our brains really work". Here is the definition from the Oxford Language Dictionary for humane: "having or showing compassion or benevolence". If you're looking into the mirror hoping to understand how neuron cells function you might consider different methodology. 11:35 I'm not sure why using a terminal is being called a less humane interface. For some tasks working in a terminal is actually more compassionate for making some tasks easier and more ergonomic than performing some task which would take longer with the mouse. 14:06 "We cannot have the power of gods without the wisdom, love, and prudence of gods". Which gods? Krishna, Buddha, Jehova, Vishnu, Ra, Thor, Satan? For it would seem within the stories of such god characters that their wisdom, love, and prudence varies. How does this sort of terminology progress the medieval institutions again? If you read the old testament and considered that such a deity would be suitable to govern AI technology I would question your sanity. As to whether or not it would be possible for people to use some technology that granted them the powers of some god from a storybook without wisdom then that would seem to depend entirely on how easy it is to use. False. 14:45 "We haven't even invented what biosafetey level 10 safety practices would be". Actually Google amongst others have actually developed AI safety practices and analysis including those for analyzing the safety of large language models. What disappointing content from the Nobel Prize Summit. I thought they had higher standards...

[@Pianoblook]

@13:50 I'll absolutely remain upset about bad CEOs. "Hate the game, not the player" feels like the kind of mindset that got us here in the first place. "but you can't criticize someone for simply pursuing incentives!" - sounds like defending players engaged in the Orphan Grinding Game. I mean yeah let's stop collectively rewarding that game being played...but also let's absolutely remain upset at the folks Grinding the Orphans for game points.

[@Paradoxisthefingerprintofgod]

Who is afraid? Afraid of what?

[@Rnankn]

Here is the problem, their theory of society is wrong. Everyone’s underlying assumption is functionalist. They’re asking, how we get the new technologies to be ‘aligned’ with humanity? Or how we get our brains and institutions to match the speed and complexity of the evolutionary curve technology? The implicit goal is to functionally integrate, or match, the structures of society with new reality. They hope to restore social trust, and social fabric into a state of harmony. Except that trust and harmony has never existed. And this goal is naive idealism. The more realistic assumption, is to see society as conflict. Antagonism will occur where power relations are unequal. In turn, systems of domination are experienced as cleavages of conflict and disintegration. Technology, far from being neutral, is a system of power, it creates and amplifies inequalities. The task is to reveal how knowledge and technology are used for domination, subjugation and control. You ask, where is injustice, and who is being harmed? How is it justified or concealed? The struggle, is to reveal, how technology is used to concentrate power with particular groups, mediate values, and distort goals. Here, the alignment problem is the match of institutions and material resources with the dominant, or hegemonic, ideas and values. They need to be misaligned, and unmatched, only then can they be liberated, and ultimately remade.

[@benediktzoennchen]

I admire the talk, but the proposed solutions are insufficient. The problem existed long before social media. The example of the Mac Interface shows a clear misunderstanding of the root cause. It is what I call the "channeling of desire" by marketing which is more like a huge brainwashing machine. We have certain desires, e.g., togetherness, love, affirmation, and working on our projects and advertisements channels these desires into consumption. First, we have to educate ourselves about our desires (even the "bad" ones). Secondly, we have to build public/communal spaces (free from profit incentives) where we can satisfy these desires. This, however, will never happen because our economic system depends on mass consumption (be it physical or digital products) and such a world would be pretty dangerous for the ruling class because people would probably share a common consciousness about their struggle.

[@samwilt5620]

I appreciate the positive/hopeful outlook Tristan presents on the topic, but it sounds like the rationale is quickly moving towards a need for greater governing body control over our digital platforms. If we don’t possess the wisdom as individuals to wield this power or fight the giant monsters to come then we’re gonna need to summon our own Godzilla. My intuition tells me Covid was a good example of people *not* leveling up our wisdom and empathy in the face of crisis. But, I still believe in miracles.

[@alexcaminiti]

I believe in the power of people en masse. I believe that we, the people, will be able to utilize technology to declare our independence once again. The government/ corporate interests and tech industry will never stop. They will never stop taking. It's too baked into the model. I think at the end of the day it's really going to come down to whether or not people are willing to stand up. Literally and figuratively.

[@ValentineAgah]

Its really sad

[@smeshnoymatvey2054]

Agree with problem but totally disagree with the solution as offered after 9:51. Tristan as far as I understand wants to give more regulatory power to Government and we know from history that this never works well in long term.

[@raajjji5486]

Since 30 years i am afraid, how long can you be afraid ??

[@pascal9532]

so our mum's were right when they said the problem was because of the damn phone

[@PigSCo]

I’ve always thought that these social media ideas, strategies, executions, etc. they r not some difficult things to come up with. All these educated people who study and research a lot already know about how to get general public interests in certain things. The academic people don’t put these crazy addictive idea in execution or into business models because they know that it’s not gonna be a good idea for civilization. Academic people know what’s good and bad-it’s the moral self judgement already knows that what should be publicized or not to the general public population. Different universities have different teaching standard and mentality. Such as Harvard has a good reputation because they way classes are taught aren’t just for knowledge per se, it’s also about raising a group of the future leaders who are going to do good to the world instead of coming up ideas to benefit themselves and get rich. Picking good colleges are to learn the values they pass on to the kids. What kids can learn and pass on to the world. Not just for the dollar sign sake.

[@rmschindler144]

“what’s the solution?”, he asks. I say: upgraded technology requires an upgraded human. I mean: find the new ‘you’, a ‘you’ that may exist as a subtle promise in your heart. there is a deeply personal & private resolution to what we call the *world*’s problems.

[@matthewmeeler3066]

I'm not afraid I just worry I'm a parent and a grandparent

[@shivamumbai1]

AI intelligence and nature's unified fields function works on the same principle. In nature its domain is very vast covers all entities of the world while human AI is like a drop of water compared to nature's ocean of water.

[@balrajchana1924]

What's the solution again?

[@riolly]

We need God love and wisdom

[@josephinebrown6631]

Ouch

[@AbrahamNixons]

12:31 PTSD vs CPTSD

[@deardaughter]

Are people actually using this sites?

[@PPitambarP]

I could help you guys out.🍀

[@katelynmurphy1129]

I want to like what he is saying.. but to be honest, I think he is advocating that someone more “qualified” describe what is good for the individual or humanity as a whole, and unfortunately, that is never turns out well.. it is just optimistic elitism. You have to allow communities to define success or health for themselves. That is the only way to actual be supportive.

[@CrazyCloudZen]

Excellent point. But first you need to educate those communities so they are actually able to make good decisions for themselves. It points to a foundational problem with American culture: the population has been dumbed down and consequently large numbers of people do not have the tools for critical thinking and self reflection. And let's not fool ourselves, that's not something that happened by chance.

[@smeshnoymatvey2054]

True. I mean who gets to decide what is good for humanity.

[@smeshnoymatvey2054]

@@CrazyCloudZen I find your way of thinking here problematic. When you insinuate that masses have been dumbed down you are saying somehow you are superior and not vulnerable do dumbing down. But every one thinks that way. They think the other person or group has been dumbed down and we are the "chosen people".

[@geraldsmith7240]

❤

[@foreshure3845]

@@smeshnoymatvey2054- are you saying that there is no objective way to see/recognize dumbness?

[@SpiritualEvolution14]

Strange to me that so many were laughing. Although I'm totally unaware of the context of the event.

[@timffoster]

The dangers are real, and eloquently presented. The solution however, was too pie in the sky. No institution is going to regulate themselves out of market share, and the average user will not tolerate Draconian push down from authoritarian "do-gooders". That may be why the lecture did not give practical solutions: there are none.

[@ChrisKyle0104]

This is a great and insightful talk, but it is also quite ironic that he is also embracing or hinting at some of the biases/misinformation out there, such as using the example of Wuhan Insititute of virology to state that biosafety level 4 capabilities should come with biosafety level 4 safety practices, which just reminds the audience of the 'virus leak from Wuhan laboratory' claim that was never actually made official or proved. He didn't refer to the claim directly, but it still has a negative effect when this claim is also part of the 'fun house mirror' media he's talking about - it captures attention, it's 'extreme', and it gets spread all over the world's movie screen.

[@badpoetry33]

I used to work in the AI arm of one of the biggest tech companies in the world. I have given talks on AI and creativity. I do not agree with his nor most people’s ‘doomsday’ picture of AI, social media, and technology. Or to be more precise, I would add, “Yes, sure, ok AND…” I am tired of the negative loops repeating (and thus reinforcing) the negative impact of these tools. Their powers need to be acknowledged, yes, but I also believe in human beings, and their ability to rediscover their true selves, find soul purpose, and to reach toward SQ -spiritual intelligence-(as the next stage of human evolution after IQ and EQ). Talks like this that promote the “dangers” of AI hugely underestimate the power of human beings, and demonstrate little hope in them. I believe these kinds of ideas (that spend disproportionate time and energy on identifying the ills) often do more harm than good, and create a negative climate of fear that engulfs human’s attitudes towards AI and technology, instead of accepting the reality of what has been created, and looking at possibility. In other words, it is a spirit of fear that is enabled, ironically, rather than a spirit of creation, which can create beauty out of dung. AI and social media and technology has *also* been used to give platforms to people without voices, share ideas and relate across cultures, improve the lives of the disabled (i.e. my son who relies on an iPad to speak) and help introverts find communities, help artists, dancers, comedians, singers, everyday people share their lives and talents and have their gifts affirmed, who would have never had this platform decades ago, it has equalized access to information and dissemination, and allow humans to connect with others around the world. I will never deny the negative effects it has also had. But to ignore how technology has improved human lives would be too easy. The truth is that all these things are tools, and now we have bigger and stronger and faster tools (but side note: machines are also incredibly dumb in ways people don’t seem to enjoy discussing these days as much as they’d rather peddle fear) - we have just been given an even greater responsibility as humans now to figure the best way forward.

[@cleanslate668]

Good comment! You say that the speaker emphasizes the negativity and unhopefulness about how technology will be our doom as opposed to the inspiration and hopefulness about the ways technology can help us spiritually evolve and how it has already helped us. Maybe negativity is more addictive... But I think it is also very necessary. We do need to change our institutions and that is something we can do right now. Changes in the way we organize our society is, at least at this point in time, more crucial than any inspiring message. Contradicting what I just said, remember that the reason Harris is speaking is because he believes people are willing to listen and change their mind and expand their scope of concern.

[@2_Normal_Ted_Junior]

It was this or “I know you are but what am I?”

[@michaelhartjen3214]

What would be the first change you will make if you were the CEO of Facebook? easy talking about this is what they should do and the mistakes, what would you DO from day one?

[@dual-purpose1692]

💯

[@weslee511]

He mentioned Bank runs and the threat of generative a.i. which creates realistic fakes. Bank runs wouldnt be an issue if we were not forced to use fractional reserve banking. And another possible solution is to place a cost on creating content on the various platforms which would drastically reduce false claims

[@terenzo50]

No, you are.

[@KieranLeCam]

I disagree with the solution. Or at least, partially. Yes we need to match the complexity of the world with the complexity of our institutions, but institutions are made out of people. And to match institution to technology means becoming smarter people. There is no other way than learning to think for yourself. Individual emancipation is the only way out of an exponential increase in automotive processes.

[@alexcaminiti]

This. There are a bunch of us in this thread who appear to be on the same page regarding humanity. There's nothing mystical about technology. AI is programmed by humans, and it is nothing more than a computer program running on a massive computer. The more power we give it, the less we have for ourselves.

[@41-Haiku]

@@alexcaminiti There is certainly nothing mystical about AI, but modern AI is _not_ programmed by humans. Neural networks are generated, not written. We can look directly at the internal weights and still have no idea why an AI behaves the way it does. They are black boxes. Worse than that, when we give such a system a goal, a set of unsolved problems (collectively called the Alignment Problem) cause the AI to pursue a goal that is either a misinterpretation of the intended goal, or is even completely unrelated. The more powerful these systems become, the more likely it becomes that someday some of them will do very, very bad things.

[@alexcaminiti]

@@41-Haiku They can't self replicate. They can't reproduce. They can't make people provide them with the energy they need to answer questions we ask, or perform tasks we want them to do. I have a difficult time believing AI poses even close to as big of a threat to humanity as first world humans. The alignment problem with neural networks is just another form of blowback we will have to face. I don't believe we only get one shot. Maybe we do, maybe we don't. Maybe we'll all die, maybe we won't. Humans and all life are made of water and require water to live. I don't think we should fear something that we don't understand that isn't conscious. It gives it more power from the collective consciousness than it should have. We are in charge of it, and we will decide its and our fates. My two cents.

[@pnkbiankii]

Whew. Nothing we haven’t heard or thought before. Where is the insight or new thought that would make this having been worth listening to…? Ugh.

[@isetfrances6124]

Algorithmic Justice League worth looking at for refreshing

[@esterhudson5104]

Another one…ai is bad but let’s build it anyway. And, of course, the eternally unanswered question; why is ai IMPORTANT? It isn’t, hence the avalanche of experts who are failed actors.. it’s bored me to death already.

[@isetfrances6124]

AI, hum... The first two letters in Alien🎉

[@user-xj5tl5ke5n]

sometimes it feels like this guy is the only intelligent voice out there.

[@user-xj5tl5ke5n]

and i apologize for typos snd errors... auto correct loves me.

[@Heart-Core]

❤️God is infinite love. Tech has nothing to do with that.

[@mrdeanvincent]

Dude nearly said Wu-Tang instead of Wuhan 😂

[@marcdicarlo9513]

Were you consciously or unconsciously interjecting, "right?" so often. [Was he......?]

[@hew195050]

Taks too fast like so many of the younger folks now. Slow the hell down man!

[@alexgoslar4057]

The real problem is the egocentricity of humankind.

[@HaHa-gy5vg]

If you scared...get a dog 🐕

[@DoNotForget45180]

I already read this somewhere

[@dwylhq874]

Yes, an AIBO. What could go wrong?

[@vikramvarma11]

After realising at what rapid rate the current A.I is being developed and incorporated into everything. I made a decision to not have kids. I don't want to see them suffer in an A.I driven world where humanity slowly loses touch with reality. Like! If you are with me...🙂

[@theawebster1505]

Whoah whoah. Good presentation, but at the very end you took the Wrong turn there, sir. We don't want an overruling body of self-titled intelligence aristocracy to decide and limit what we can and can't do. Greed for money is at the core of what happened with social media. We need to replace it with longing for KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, outwards-pointed CONTRIBUTION etc. We need a better social system than capitalism. And for this we need to thoroughly rewire our paleolithic brains.

[@brodiesmith7239]

This man is Ted Kaczynski if Ted wasn’t crazy