Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #yourundividedattention, aggregated by home.social.
Very disappointed to see the Center for Humane Technology taking the "rogue AI" nonsense seriously;
https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/rogue-ai-used-to-be-a-science-fiction-trope-not-anymore
Reality check; existing #MOLE Training tech is not dangerous because it's intelligent. It's harmful because it isn't, and never will be, but is being sold as-a-service on the promise that it is. It's harmful primarily because its deployment helps to further concentrate techno-political power.
"I will also point to the ... tremendous progress we've actually made on climate change. Even though it is so incredibly embedded in our economy ...
I mean, we would have been facing a 4° future by 2100, and we've turned that curve into a 3°. We'd like to make it 2° or 1 1/2°, I think we can get there."
#SusanSolomon, 2025
https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/the-crisis-that-united-humanity-and-why-it-matters-for-ai
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This is an important episode of the #YourUndividedAttention #Podcast
https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/daniel-kokotajlo-forecasts-the-end-of-human-dominance
Hopefully this prediction is wrong. But... what if it is right?
#podcasts Again, the best modern media seems to be in audio. This one is superb on what work is in relation to being human, how far we’ve got to go to come to terms with it and that we might not have much time. #YourUndividedAttention
https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/your-undivided-attention/id1460030305?i=1000714635653
(1/2) #YourUndividedAttention [PODCAST] Echo Chambers of One: Companion AI and the Future of Human Connection (15 May 2025)
https://pca.st/episode/53327729-f332-4a29-82d9-00079a5e0cc8
Good insight: One of the biggest challenges with AI in the classroom and #edtech in education generally is “cognitive offloading.”
via “Rethinking School in the Age of AI” by #YourUndividedAttention [PODCAST]
https://pca.st/episode/0508f8e4-f18b-4bc9-9909-38937fd009bf
(Note: This podcast is NOT about AI as much as just research about technology integration in the classroom + reading and learning…)
I do really like the @humanetech.bsky.social work, especially the #YourUndividedAttention #podcast. This week the Laughing at Power Episode is wonderful.
Liked learning about:
https://www.tactics4change.org
Also, loved the mention to the @theyesmen. I've been a fan of their work for decades.
I always enjoy opportunities to learn from Audrey Tang - @au - her recent interview in the podcast #YourUndividedAttention is no exception. In "Future-proofing Democracy In the Age of AI with Audrey Tang" raises important questions about #AI & #Democracy. What do we need to do now to help prepare citizens for #DeepFakes. Important to hear about the role #Taiwan is playing in #ResponsibleAI.
2024 is an election year for almost half of the world's population.
"My fear is Bad Actors will weaponise relationships, build new workflows... that will speak to people's swirling sense of loneliness. They'll use those friendships to recontextualise people's grievances, make them feel like they are part of a wider struggle that has something to do with their identity, and use that feeling of struggle to drag a lot of people into these parallel epistemic worlds."
#CarlMiller, 2023
"I think if you go back to the 1980s or 90s you don't actually hear about militaries... talking about information as a 'space' that they need to dominate. It's much more considered a kind of tool, or... even a weapon, but not up there with air, sea, land and space itself as a theatre of war."
#CarlMiller, 2023
https://your-undivided-attention.simplecast.com/episodes/how-will-ai-affect-the-2024-elections-with-renee-diresta-and-carl-miller-KW2qlTGM
#podcasts #YourUndividedAttention #military #InformationWarfare
"... if the US regulated these [MOLE] companies you would see a slowdown in China as well, because a lot of these frontier innovations that might not be happening as fast in the US are also then not going to be translated into China as fast."
#KarenHao, 2023
"Oftentimes we assume that regulation is going to slow down progress..."
#JeffreyDing, 2023
#MOLE = Machine Operated Learning Emulators, or "Machine Learning" ("ML")
"... we take a close look at two respective industries: big food and social media, which represent dangerous 'races to the bottom' and have big parallels with AI.
And we are asking: what can our past mistakes and missed opportunities teach us about how we should approach AI harms?
In this first episode, Tristan talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist... Michael Moss... [author] of Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us"
Another excellent podcast from the Center for Humane Technology. Children are being negatively affected by social media and we need to advocate for change. ‘Moms for Humane Technology’, pay attention and get more active.
#YourUndividedAttention
#HumaneTechnology
#SocialMedia
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-undivided-attention/id1460030305?i=1000621869027
Listened to this #YourUndividedAttention podcast and found it really quite scary:
https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/the-ai-dilemma
One very math-y angle: they mention "double exponentials": it's not just that AI tech is developing at an exponential rate -- it's that the development of AI tech enables *other* things to develop exponentially.
As math folks, we get exponential growth. And when its related to something that plausibly could cause the extinction of humanity (as many AI researchers fear), we should be concerned. Or terrified?
This is intriguing, an episode about the psychotherapeutic use of entheogens (or "psychedelics" as they're more commonly known) on the Your Undivided Attention podcast:
https://your-undivided-attention.simplecast.com/episodes/can-psychedelic-therapy-reset-our-social-media-brains-4SIxVJCA
#podcast #YourUndividedAttention #entheogens #psychedelics #psychotherapy
Fascinating new episode from the folks of #YourUndividedAttention at #CenterForHumaneTechnology revolving around the use of #psychdelic #medicine
'Given the perma-crisis we face, it's provocative to think about a tool that, when prescribed and used safely, could help us overcome rivalrous dynamics out in the world and on social media. If we rescue our hijacked brains, we can heal from the constant trauma inflation we get online, and shrink the perception gap that splits us into tribes.'
#podcast #recommendation #PsychedelicRenaissance #TheMoreYouKnow #Interconnectedness #PsychedelicAssistedTherapy #PTSD
#TikTok -- most popular app for teens, described in podcast as potential Communist menace with AI-assisted psych warfare and new-wave propaganda, particularly #opinion #influencer
#polarization
#amplifaganda
#ValuesManipulation?
TikTok as #subversive "addictive drug," in "race to the bottom of the brain stem" reminds me of #MaxHeadroom #blipverts
Other analysis & discussion links to share?
#YourUndividedAttention podcast:
https://podcast.app/spotlight-addressing-the-tiktok-threat-e319319801/
During the latest episode of #YourUndividedAttention, a connection between #birdsite and #cults is drawn by #TristanHarris, from the Center for #HumaneTechnology.
I realize it’s not @[email protected] @[email protected] or @[email protected]. Still interesting to understand group behaviours from diverse perspectives.
"China's restrictions on social media use may be autocratic, but may also protect users more than what we see coming from the US government.
It’s a complicated picture."
Your Undivided Attention: A Fresh Take on Tech in China https://your-undivided-attention.simplecast.com/episodes/a-fresh-take-on-tech-in-china-J1qLrIAY
"So given that there is a fixed cost for each one of these new [spoken] languages, it's just not economic for Facebook to build out the level of safety that is currently available in the US ... and people are paying for that with their lives."
- #FrancesHaugen, 2021
"What helps you make meaning in challenging times?"
- Your Undivided Attention: Making Meaning in Challenging Times
