Hard Fork

The Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning + A.I.’s Existential Risks


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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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