Fixable Why AI is our ultimate test and greatest invitation | from TED Tech
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Nov 10, 2025 
Tristan Harris, a technology ethicist and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, dives into the urgent question of how we handle AI's rapid evolution. He warns against the reckless deployment of AI, urging us to learn from social media's past mistakes. Harris discusses the serious risks of both decentralized and centralized AI, presenting a vision for a balanced approach that prioritizes responsibility. He highlights recent AI deceptions and stresses the need for public restraint and practical measures to ensure a safer, more ethical technological future.
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AI Amplifies All Scientific Progress
- AI multiplies scientific and technical progress because intelligence accelerates all fields simultaneously.
- Tristan Harris warns that generalized AI creates an explosive capability unlike any past technology.
A Country Of Tireless Geniuses
- Dario Amodei's metaphor likens AI to a country full of geniuses who don't sleep and work cheaply and fast.
- Tristan uses this to illustrate the unprecedented scale of computational talent concentrated in data centers.
Power Distribution Determines AI's Fate
- How AI's power is distributed will likely produce either widespread chaos or concentrated dystopia.
- Tristan maps a two-axis tradeoff between decentralization (chaos) and centralization (dystopia).