Social media is designed to maximize one thing: engagement. The thing that drives engagement best is anger and fear – we simply cannot look away. What happens when the very technology that allows us to have large-scale public conversations and allows democracy to flourish turns us against each other?
Humanity's unique intelligence comes with unique delusions; we should keep this in mind when facing the rise of artificial intelligence.
Watch the whole thing here: https://t.co/xpCfZRM5d0
The feminist revolution is one of the hopeful examples of how people, just by changing the story, also change the world.
@thedailyshow@ronnychieng
🗓️ March 2024
We are making a very big mistake if we think we can trust AI at a time when trust between humans is collapsing. Humanity can only flourish in the age of AI if we can control it together.
Watch the event at https://t.co/X8YnYSxt9G.
An alleged war criminal wanted by the international justice proposes for the Nobel Peace Prize his largest supplier of weapons, and with which he is causing the greatest ethnic cleansing in the region since the end of World War II.
What motivation do optimists – or pessimists – have for changing anything if they think that whatever they do, things will be good – or bad?
From the March 2025 interview for @tv_asahi_news: https://t.co/gUobkaLZyv
How many portraits of #Jesus that exist in the world are authentic? None, because there's no description of his appearance in the Bible and we have no portraits from his own lifetime. This hasn't stopped the face of Jesus from uniting huge numbers of people. That's testament to the immense power of #fiction and the human imagination.
Will AI help us overcome ignorance and delusion?
With @DhanyaRajendran at the @KeralaLitFest, discussing democracy, historical narratives, the global AI race and more. Full conversation: https://t.co/AG3ZHCTNLg
I honestly hate that we’ve normalized the idea that all opinions are valid. I think we should get back to telling ppl that they are ill informed & ignorant
Politics isn’t meant to be entertainment. But in a world addicted to excitement, the cycle never stops. Boredom isn’t #boring – it’s necessary. #Politics#Leadership