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#312 - The Trouble with AI

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Problem With AI Brainwashing

The social media companies are brainwashing people so that once they're brainwashed, the system is going to be more successful at keeping them on the platform. And it doesn't really matter whether they have decent AI or great AI in the sense of being able to do what it's told to do. There's already a problem now. You could imagine systems that could compute the consequences for society and say, hey, I'm just not recommending that you do this.

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