Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse

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The New York Times

Technology

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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“If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.

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0:00.6	Casey, did you hear about the new vehicle that stole the show at CES this year?
0:05.0	What vehicle was that?
0:05.9	It was from our good friend Will I.M of the Black Eyed Peas, who we interviewed once in a very, I would describe as a psychedelic experience.
0:13.6	Absolute fever dream of a day.
0:16.1	Well, he is out with a new electric AI powered brain on wheels.
0:22.9	It is essentially an electric tricycle.
0:25.2	It's called Trinity, and it looks insane.
0:28.8	Can I show you this?
0:29.5	I need to see this.
0:30.1	Okay.
0:31.1	Oh, my goodness.
0:32.2	This looks like the head of the xenomorph in Alien has been decapitated and has had wheels attached to it.
0:38.4	Yes. Yes, it looks insane. It's like a three-wheeled electric sort of scooter with a top over it.
0:46.5	Very sleek, very aerodynamic. I personally would love to die in one of these. I would love to just be absolutely demolished by an 18 wheeler in one of these.
0:55.7	This actually does, like just looking at this, this does seem to me like it would be Will I.m's
0:59.5	favored mode of transportation.
1:01.1	Like, I can just imagine him.
1:02.7	It's like, time to take the kids to school.
1:04.3	And he's like, get in this thing, guys.
1:05.9	We're going to be 2000 and late.
1:09.0	That's a black eyed peas joke.
1:13.5	Let's get this party started.
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