One unnamed TikTok executive put it in stark terms saying the reason kids watch TikTok is because the power of the app's algorithm keeps them from quote

sleep and eating and moving around the room and looking at someone in the eyes.

Yes!

Yes!

How do you as a Tik-Tok executive write that sentence down and then say,

I'm doing a great job at work.

I'm really benefiting humanity

documents also show that they went so far as to tweak the algorithm to reduce the

visibility of people it deemed not very attractive and quote took active steps to promote a narrow beauty norm

even though it could negatively impact their young users.

I didn't even know you could do that with an algorithm.

Sure, they can do whatever they want. I'm John Favreau.

I'm Max Fisher.

Max, important question for you.

Would you drink at a bar where all the bartenders are robots?

It depends whose robots they are.

What about Elon Musk's robots?

So is this, is this a like a SpaceX robot bartender bar where the bartender explodes mid-Martini or do we think this is like a Tesla robot bar where the robot...

The robot just catches on fire. It runs over your table and then there's no liability.

Probably.

We're going to talk about that.

We got a lot of news, most of it more serious than that to cover this week,

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