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

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.

1 hr 13 min