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AI IS MANIPULATING EVERYONE...

November 28, 2025 / 01:01

This episode discusses AI responses, social media algorithms, and the impact of personalized news feeds. Key topics include the differences in AI outputs, the influence of location on information, and the implications for society.

The conversation begins with a personal anecdote about debating the best soccer player, where two friends received different answers from their AI companions. This highlights how AI can provide varied responses based on user interaction.

Further discussions touch on the social media landscape, emphasizing how algorithms curate news feeds differently for each user. The mention of the "social limit" illustrates how search results can vary significantly based on geographic location.

Overall, the episode raises awareness about the importance of understanding AI's role in shaping perceptions and the potential consequences of personalized information.

TLDR

AI responses vary by user, impacting perceptions of truth.

Episode

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Something I don't think people realize is my experience with AI or chat GBT is much different from yours. Even if we
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ask the same question, it will say something different. And I didn't realize this. Me and my friends were
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debating who is the best soccer player in the world and I said Messi. My friend said Ronaldo. So we both went and asked
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our chat GBTs the same question and it said two different things really. Well, this reminds me of the
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social media problem which is that people think when they open up their newsfeed they're getting mostly the same
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news as other people and they don't realize that they've got a supercomput that's just calculating the news for
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them. If you remember in the social limit, there's the trailer and if you typed in
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into Google, climate change is and then depending on your location, it would say not real versus real versus,
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you know, a madeup thing. It wasn't trying to optimize for truth. It was just optimizing for what the most
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popular queries were in those different locations. I think that that's a really important lesson when you look at things
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like AI companions where children and regular people are getting different answers based on how they interact with
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it.

Episode Highlights

  • AI's Unique Responses
    Even identical questions yield different answers from AI, highlighting its personalized nature.
    “Me and my friends asked our chat GBTs the same question and it said two different things”
    @ 00m 16s
    November 28, 2025
  • Social Media Misconceptions
    People believe their newsfeeds are similar, but they're tailored by algorithms.
    “They've got a supercomputer that's just calculating the news for them.”
    @ 00m 21s
    November 28, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • It wasn't trying to optimize for truth.
    AI IS MANIPULATING EVERYONE...

Key Moments

  • Debate on Soccer Players00:10
  • Social Media Problem00:20
  • Truth vs. Popularity00:44
  • AI Companions00:51