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

Hard Fork

The New York Times

Technology

4.3 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:00.0	KC, last week on the show, we talked about the phenomenon of people listening to podcasts
0:06.9	at very high speed because we were talking about this New York Times audio app that just
0:11.8	came out that allows you to go up to 3x.
0:15.6	And that seemed insane to both of us.
0:18.7	And I sort of jokingly said, if you listen to podcasts at 3x speed, reach out to me.
0:24.2	And I was expecting maybe like one person, maybe two people.
0:28.4	I think it's fair to say we got an avalanche of speed maxers.
0:32.0	We have been bombarded and it's so confusing.
0:34.7	The highest speed I'm comfortable with people listening to hard fork is 0.8x.
0:38.4	And here's why there's so much information in this show.
0:41.2	Okay.
0:42.2	That if you're not taking the time to let it absorb into your body, you're not getting
0:45.4	the full effect.
0:46.4	So be kind to yourself, treat yourself.
0:48.6	If the show shows up as one hour, spend an hour and 10 minutes listening to it.
0:51.4	Okay.
0:52.4	You'll thank yourself.
0:53.4	You heard it here first.
0:54.4	Hard fork.
0:55.4	The first podcast designed to be listened to very slowly.
0:57.4	Very slowly.
0:58.4	Yeah.
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