Apple, Google, and Facebook act as urban planners of a billion people's attention landscape. They have created an invisible city where users have no civic representation or say in the design. Unlike a democracy, there is no mayor or public input in decisions such as the placement of stoplights or blinker signals. The only form of representation comes from users choosing not to use or buy the product.
After Kara and Nayeema review the week’s A.I. news, including Sam Altman’s Senate testimony and the viral AI-generated image of the Pentagon in flames, we turn to Tristan Harris — co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and a key voice among the calls for slowing down the A.I. arms race.
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