Hey everyone, this is Tristan, and this is Aiza.

So in our last episode, we shared a presentation Tristan and I gave recently to a group of influential

technologists and media folks in San Francisco about the race happening in AI.

And at the beginning of that presentation, we talked about three rules for technology

or laws and technology that Tristan, you and I have been brainstorming about.

And we wanted to pause in this episode and just explore those three rules more deeply

because Tristan and I have been thinking about how to describe how technology is used

beyond the intent of the creator, but then gets picked up by a larger economic system and

often used for really bad things.

I think what we really wanted to do was just kind of boil down and simplify.

What does it mean to be a responsible technologist?

Because there are these larger forces that are going to take the technology that you put

into the world and whisk them into all these impacts that you didn't attend.

And so what are three simple rules that we can follow as technologists to create a more

humane future?

So rule one, when you invent a new technology, you uncover a new class of responsibilities.

And it's not always obvious what those responsibilities are.

Rule two, if that invention, if that new tech confers power, it will start a race.

And rule three, if you do not coordinate, that race will end in tragedy.

So let's walk through these rules.

And I'm going to illustrate with a very personal example.

So my personal example is that in 2006, I invented Infinite Scroll.

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