The Multipolar Trap of Coordination in Technology

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The problem is not about what one actor is doing, it's about the race that is emerging between all the actors. What we really want is a coordination so that we don't have that race ended in tragedy. In a world where technologists did take responsibility for these three rules, we would live in a more humane world. We can't survive if technologists don't do this.

In our previous episode, we shared a presentation Tristan and Aza recently delivered to a group of influential technologists about the race happening in AI. In that talk, they introduced the Three Rules of Humane Technology. In this Spotlight episode, we’re taking a moment to explore these three rules more deeply in order to clarify what it means to be a responsible technologist in the age of AI.

Correction: Aza mentions infinite scroll being in the pockets of 5 billion people, implying that there are 5 billion smartphone users worldwide. The number of smartphone users worldwide is actually 6.8 billion now.

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