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#77 – Alex Garland: Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, and the Poetry of Science

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Are the People Creating the Algorithms Necessary?

In your series, devs, then we could speak more broadly. So in our modern society, Silicon Valley, those algorithms happen to be a source of a lot of income because of advertisements. Are there current concerns and failures on social media there in naivety? Can't pronounce that word well. Is it evil in intent or misaligned in intent? I think that's a, do they mean well and just go have a unintended consequence?"

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