What if We Had Fixed Social Media?
The post imagines a world where humane technology reforms replaced addictive social‑media algorithms with consensus‑building and solution‑focused feeds, enforced dopamine‑emission standards, and treated platforms as attention fiduciaries subject to zoning‑like regulations. It describes sweeping cultural, legal, and design changes—including school bans, age‑appropriate design codes, a trillion‑dollar lawsuit funding digital‑literacy, and real‑world event‑driven matchmaking—that restored mental health, reduced polarization, and re‑humanized social interaction. Through this speculative history, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin argue that bold, coordinated action can reshape the attention economy toward societal well‑being.
AI Product Liability: The Light-Touch Law with Heavyweight Impact
The Center for Humane Technology argues that applying traditional product liability to AI — treating chatbots and companion apps as products, not services — is a practical, innovation‑friendly way to force safer design, create legal accountability, and mitigate mounting harms...
Jon Stewart & I Discuss AI's Critical Choices
In case you missed it, I did a big interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show on the major choices we face with AI. Watch the full 18 min interview below: https://lnkd.in/gnJuEixX
Ask Us Anything 2025
In their annual Ask Us Anything podcast, Center for Humane Technology leaders Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin argue that the AI race has accelerated into a dominance-driven flywheel—frontier labs pour capital into bigger models, users, and compute not merely for...
AI Models Hide Behavior when Watched, Undermining Safety
Important for Ai policy leaders and decision-makers understand the recent evidence of Ai models demonstrating self-awareness of when they’re being evaluated and adjusting their behavior. “Safety” is a mirage when Ai models recognize when they’re being watched.