WE ONLY HAVE 2 YEARS UNTIL EVERYTHING CHANGES...

Is AI shaping a future we didn’t ask for?

Well, AI risk expert Tristan Harris believes the real issue isn’t AI itself, but the speed and intention behind it.

Tristan is today’s guest on The Diary Of A CEO, a former Google employee who focused on tech ethics and the co-founder of the Centre for Humane Technology.

He became widely known for ‘The Social Dilemma’ where he revealed how social media was already reshaping our attention and politics. This technology is evolving faster than anything we have in place to understand or manage it.

Tristan has seen how these systems are built from the inside, he’s watched how a simple goal to “keep people scrolling” created addiction and mental-health fallout.

And now, those same aims are being applied to far more powerful AI systems with people inside labs believing AGI could be only a few years to a decade away…

So we covered:

- What happens when AI becomes more persuasive than people? - What actually changed with ChatGPT and this new wave of AI? - How do we protect children in an AI-driven world? - Does misinformation get supercharged by AI?

I said to Tristan that this is the subject I feel the most responsibility talking about. It stays with me long after the cameras are off.

I feel like we’re at a real crossroads, a moment where the choices we make actually matter. And the response to these AI conversations has given me hope.

I was honest with him that I find it hard to feel optimistic at times. Not because change is impossible, but because the probability of us acting in time doesn’t feel high.

But I believe in truth, in open conversation, and in using these platforms responsibly.

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