Episode description
The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, says social media poses a “profound risk of harm” to young people. Why do some in the tech industry disagree?
Then, Ajeya Cotra, an A.I. researcher, on how A.I. could lead to a doomsday scenario.
Plus: Pass the hat. Kevin and Casey play a game they call HatGPT.
On today’s episode:
- Ajeya Cotra is a senior research analyst at Open Philanthropy
Additional reading:
- The surgeon general issued an advisory about the risks of social media for young people.
- Ajeya Cotra has researched the existential risks that A.I. poses unless countermeasures are taken.
- Binance commingled customer funds and company revenue, former insiders told Reuters.
- BuzzFeed announced Botatouille, an A.I.-powered kitchen assistant.
- A Twitter bug caused the platform to restore deleted tweets.
- Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida announced his presidential campaign in a Twitter Spaces event rife with glitches.
- Two former rivals, Uber and Waymo, are teaming up to bring driverless ride-hailing to Phoenix.
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