Podcast·2024
Yuval Noah Harari: They Are Lying About AI! The Trump Kamala Election Will Tear The Country Apart!
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Historian and Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari discusses AI as alien intelligence, the alignment problem grounded in social media history, the shift from attention to intimacy as an influence vector, institutional trust as the only defense against epistemic collapse, and divide-and-rule dynamics running at civilizational scale through algorithms.
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The Silicon Curtain — Divide-and-Rule at Civilizational Scale
The oldest imperial tactic is running at civilizational scale via algorithms
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Institutions as the Trust Layer
When formats become fakeable, trust migrates to institutions — not better formats
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Attention vs. Intimacy — The New Frontier of AI Influence
Attention can be mass-produced; intimacy could not — until now
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The Amoeba-to-T-Rex Alignment Scaling Argument
Social media algorithms are primitive AI that already broke democracy — the T-Rex is next
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Information Is Connection, Not Truth
Information's primary function is social bonding — truth is a secondary feature