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Aza Raskin

Aza Raskin

Co-founder of Center for Humane Technology and Earth Species Project

Every podcast episode featuring Aza Raskin that Attunex has found: 167 interviews and appearances across 40 shows between 2018 and 2026. Most often on Your Undivided Attention (118), Brian Kilmeade Show (4) and This is Gavin Newsom (2). Often in conversation with Tristan Harris, Gavin Newsom and Oprah Winfrey. Follow Aza in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.

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Updated 2026-10-14.

  1. And, This Is An Urgent Message on Artificial Intelligence
    This is Gavin Newsom

    A few months ago, we sat down with two of the leading voices warning about the risks of runaway AI Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin. We're re-airing that conversation now because we are at a critical…

    2026-09-18
  2. The Most Hopeful (And Concerning) Moment Yet in AI
    Your Undivided Attention

    It’s been a whirlwind week in AI news. Weeks after a series of hacking incidents by rogue agents at OpenAI and Anthropic, we’ve seen a cascade of top AI researchers blow the whistle on what they call…

    2026-09-17
  3. 34. Can We Still Make Humane Technology? Aza Raskin on Ethical AI & Tech Design
    Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan

    Aza Raskin is a technology ethicist and designer who graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics. He is the Co-Founder of the Center for Humane Technology which is…

    2026-09-16
  4. Pioneers of AI: Designing AI for people and the planet, with Aza Raskin
    Masters of Scale

    AI is rapidly changing what it means to be human, but is AI development truly human-centered? According to Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, the answer is largely “no.” The…

    2026-08-29
  5. We Measure What AI Can Do. We Should Measure What It Does to Us.
    Your Undivided Attention

    In AI, what gets measured gets optimized. Right now, we're spending all our efforts to measure how capable and powerful models are, narrowly optimizing for those metrics while ignoring downstream…

    2026-08-27
  6. Enough Debate about the AI Jobpocalypse. We Need To Plan for the Messy Middle.
    Your Undivided Attention

    It feels like we’re stuck in an endless debate about what AI is going to mean for jobs and the economy. The prediction you hear from the people closest to the technology — both its critics and its…

    2026-08-13
  7. What Do We Mean by Humane Tech?
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    Podcast : Your Undivided Attention (LS 62 · TOP 0.1% what is this? ) Episode : What Do We Mean by Humane Tech? Pub date : 2026-06-04 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text…

    2026-07-07
  8. “Magnifica Humanitas:” Pope Leo’s Clarion Call on AI
    Your Undivided Attention

    Since stepping into the Papacy, Pope Leo XIV has been a forceful voice pushing back against the anti-human path we’re on with AI. In May, he released “Magnifica Humanitas,” a sprawling encyclical…

    2026-07-02
  9. #010: Aza Raskin Breaks down AI, Social Media Algorithms, and Big Tech's Race to the Bottom of Our Brain Stems
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    Social media already rewired how billions of us think, feel, and argue. According to Aza Raskin, that was only the warmup for what AI does next. In this episode, Siara sits down with the creator of…

    2026-06-25
  10. AI Won't Hate Us. It Just Won't Care. That's the Problem.
    Reflect w/ Ed FassioAI

    Reflect w/ Ed Fassio — where AI tells the stories that matter. Aza Raskin — the man who invented infinite scroll and spent a decade warning us about what he built — says AI will treat humanity the…

    2026-06-17
  11. Rapid Response: The race no one can win: AI’s anti-human crisis, with Aza Raskin
    Pioneers of AI

    Big Tech is moving fast on AI. But who's watching out for the rest of us? Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, has spent years sounding the alarm about where the race to build…

    2026-06-15
  12. The AI Dilemma: War, Jobs, Power & Humanity | w/ Aza Raskin
    Shane Smith Has Questions

    What happens when artificial intelligence becomes more powerful than the institutions meant to govern it?Shane Smith sits down with Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, creator…

    2026-06-04
  13. What Do We Mean by Humane Tech?
    Your Undivided Attention

    We often think of the challenges created by technology as separate and disconnected, so trying to solve them feels like playing the world's hardest game of Whac-A-Mole. What if, instead, we tackled…

    2026-06-04
  14. The race no one can win: AI’s anti-human crisis, with Aza Raskin
    Masters of Scale

    Big Tech is moving fast on AI. But who's watching out for the rest of us? Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, has spent years sounding the alarm about where the race to build…

    2026-06-02
  15. Ep 13: A designer removed one click to make browsing smoother in 2006 — and helped build the endless feeds that now shape how billions spend their time.
    Unintended ConsequencesAI

    A designer removed one click to make browsing smoother in 2006 — and helped build the endless feeds that now shape how billions spend their time. Segment 1 — The Cold Open In the spring of 2006, Aza…

    2026-05-20
  16. Can Artificial Intelligence Be Controlled? With Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin
    This is Gavin Newsom

    Governor Newsom sits down with Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin of Center For Humane Technology to talk about the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and the challenges it presents for governments and…

    2026-05-15
  17. Anthropic’s Mythos Has Changed Cybersecurity Forever. What Now?
    Your Undivided Attention

    A generation ago, the world's critical infrastructure was physical. Today, it’s largely digital. Your bank vault is a database, your filing cabinet is a server, your car is a robot on wheels. And in…

    2026-05-14
  18. Animals are Talking to Each Other. Can AI Help Us Understand Them?
    Machines Like Us

    The people running technology companies love to make wild predictions about the future. They’ve told us that artificial intelligence will cure cancer, eliminate drudgery and solve climate change. But…

    2026-05-05
  19. BONUS: Our AI Town Hall with Oprah Winfrey
    Your Undivided Attention

    Today on the show, we’re bringing you a recent conversation Tristan and Aza had with Oprah Winfrey on her podcast, The Oprah Podcast, taped in front of a live studio audience. Tristan and Aza first…

    2026-04-09
  20. Why infinite scroll's inventor wants to kill his creation
    The Indicator from Planet Money

    We practically live on our phones these days. Scrolling and scrolling, endlessly. Entrepreneur Aza Raskin is responsible for creating this infinite scroll. He also testified against Meta, who have…

    2026-04-07
  21. Aza Raskin - Why AGI Demands New Global Coordination (AGI Governance, Episode 12)
    The Trajectory

    This is an interview with Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and co-founder of the Earth Species Project. His work has focused on the societal impacts of technology systems…

    2026-04-03
  22. The Media Show: How far should reporters go with AI?
    The Explanation

    Artificial intelligence is starting to change how some journalists work, as newsrooms test whether it can help produce more content. One reporter says AI is now helping him write more than 600…

    2026-04-0222:59
  23. Scott Mills' exit & Tim Davie's final week at the BBC, AI-assisted journalism, new UK research project on teens & social media
    The Media Show

    Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins discuss some of the week's biggest media stories: Jane Martinson of the Guardian and Max Goldbart of Deadline on Scott Mills' departure from the BBC and Tim Davie's…

    2026-04-0142:29
  24. Why the Meta Verdicts Are a Big Deal (And What It Was Like to Testify)
    Your Undivided Attention

    In two landmark cases, juries in California and New Mexico found Meta and Google liable for creating addictive, harmful products and failing to protect children from exploitation and abuse. These…

    2026-03-26
  25. Oprah & Tech Leaders on What AI Means for Your Job, Health, Family & Future
    The Oprah Podcast

    Artificial Intelligence is already woven into our daily lives, but do we really know the consequences? Will it transform our lives for the better or will its unchecked power cause us harm? Who is…

    2026-03-24
  26. A Conversation with the Team Behind "The AI Doc"
    Your Undivided Attention

    “The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist” opens in theaters across the U.S. this Friday, March 27. In this episode, we sit down with the team behind this groundbreaking documentary —…

    2026-03-23
  27. SXSW DAY ONE: Ready or Not 2, Mortal Kombat 2 and More Interviews
    Get Rec’d w/ Straw Hat Goofy

    Day 1 at SXSW was packed with incredible premieres, unforgettable interviews, and some of the biggest names in film and media. We hit the ground running in Austin to talk with directors, actors, and…

    2026-03-15
  28. AI Is Breaking Education. Rebecca Winthrop Has the Blueprint to Fix It.
    Your Undivided Attention

    The promise of AI in education is incredible: picture infinitely patient tutors that can teach every student exactly the way they need to be taught. But the history of education technology tells us…

    2026-03-05
  29. FEED DROP: Possible with Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger
    Your Undivided Attention

    This week on Your Undivided Attention, we’re bringing you Aza Raskin’s conversation with Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger on their podcast “Possible”. Reid and Aria are both tech entrepreneurs: Reid is…

    2026-02-05
  30. Attachment Hacking and the Rise of AI Psychosis
    Your Undivided Attention

    Therapy and companionship has become the #1 use case for AI, with millions worldwide sharing their innermost thoughts with AI systems — often things they wouldn't tell loved ones or human therapists.…

    2026-01-21
  31. What Would It Take to Actually Trust Each Other? The Game Theory Dilemma
    Your Undivided Attention

    So much of our world today can be summed up in the cold logic of “if I don’t, they will.” This is the foundation of game theory, which holds that cooperation and virtue are irrational; that all that…

    2026-01-08
  32. Our AI blindspot: incentives over intentions
    Possible

    Software is eating the world, but will it start eating us? On this episode of Possible, Aria Finger and Reid Hoffman sit down for an encore conversation with Aza Raskin that dives deep into how AI…

    2025-11-19
  33. What if we had fixed social media?
    Your Undivided Attention

    We really enjoyed hearing all of your questions for our annual Ask Us Anything episode. There was one question that kept coming up: what might a different world look like? The broken incentives…

    2025-11-06
  34. Designing AI for people and the planet, with Aza Raskin
    Pioneers of AI

    AI is rapidly changing what it means to be human, but is AI development truly human-centered? According to Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, the answer is largely “no.” The…

    2025-11-05
  35. Ask Us Anything 2025
    Your Undivided Attention

    It's been another big year in AI. The AI race has accelerated to breakneck speed, with frontier labs pouring hundreds of billions into increasingly powerful models—each one smarter, faster, and more…

    2025-10-23
  36. Aza Raskin on interspecies communication, empathy, and AI’s next frontier
    Possible

    Can AI help us better understand animals and, if it could, what might we discover? This week’s episode was recorded live at the 2025 Masters of Scale Summit where Reid and Aria sat down with Aza…

    2025-10-22
  37. Earth Species, with Aza Raskin
    Climate Break

    What is the Earth Species Project? Can we talk to animals, or at least understand what they are saying to each other? That’s a question that researchers hope to answer with the help of AI. Earth…

    2025-10-21
  38. The Tech Helping Humans Understand Animal Communication
    Terms of Service with Clare Duffy

    What if we could understand what the animals around us are saying? It’s the subject of countless movies and thought experiments, and something many of us wish we could do. Thanks to artificial…

    2025-10-21
  39. The Crisis That United Humanity—and Why It Matters for AI
    Your Undivided Attention

    In 1985, scientists in Antarctica discovered a hole in the ozone layer that posed a catastrophic threat to life on earth if we didn’t do something about it. Then, something amazing happened: humanity…

    2025-09-11
  40. Listening to the Living World: Can AI help us hear the planet?
    Outrage + Optimism

    What if we could not only listen to the rest of nature, but actually understand it? From decoding whale songs to giving nature a legal voice, the possibilities are tantalising - and they may not be…

    2025-08-28
  41. How OpenAI's ChatGPT Guided a Teen to His Death
    Your Undivided Attention

    Content Warning: This episode contains references to suicide and self-harm. Like millions of kids, 16-year-old Adam Raine started using ChatGPT for help with his homework. Over the next few months,…

    2025-08-26
  42. Techish Presents IRL: Decoding the Planet with Bridget Todd
    Techish

    Techish is taking a short summer break, but we’ll be back in September! In the meantime, we’ve got a fantastic episode to share from our friends over at the IRL Podcast . You might remember we had…

    2025-08-19
  43. How to Be Two-Marshmallow Humans (with Aza Raskin)
    The Rip CurrentMentioned

    Programming note: My apologies to listeners for the weeklong break that I took last week, and the weeklong break I’ll be taking next week. We’ll be back in the saddle the week of July 28th. See you…

    2025-07-23
  44. Decoding the Planet: From Whales to Whistleblowers
    IRL: Online Life is Real Life

    AI may be able to talk to animals, but at what cost to the planet. Who is making those decisions, and why it matters. From decoding whale language to protecting our oceans from unchecked offshore…

    2025-07-08
  45. AGI Beyond the Buzz: What Is It, and Are We Ready?
    Your Undivided Attention

    What does it really mean to ‘feel the AGI?’ Silicon Valley is racing toward AI systems that could soon match or surpass human intelligence. The implications for jobs, democracy, and our way of life…

    2025-04-30
  46. Can AI Help Us Talk to Animals? | Aza Raskin (Ep. 11)
    Life with Machines

    In this Life with Machines episode, Baratunde Thurston talks with Aza Raskin about something straight out of science fiction—teaching AI to communicate with animals. As co-founder of the Earth…

    2025-03-04
  47. Behind the DeepSeek Hype, AI is Learning to Reason
    Your Undivided Attention

    When Chinese AI company DeepSeek announced they had built a model that could compete with OpenAI at a fraction of the cost, it sent shockwaves through the industry and roiled global markets. But amid…

    2025-02-20
  48. The implications of Artificial Intelligence with Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin
    Brian Kilmeade Show

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    2024-12-31
  49. China's cyberwarfare, AI and hacking threat
    Brian Kilmeade Show

    With Tristan Harris, Aza Raskin and Theresa Payton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    2024-11-29
  50. The Tech-God Complex: Why We Need to be Skeptics
    Your Undivided Attention

    Silicon Valley's interest in AI is driven by more than just profit and innovation. There’s an unmistakable mystical quality to it as well. In this episode, Daniel and Aza sit down with humanist…

    2024-11-21
  51. When the "Person" Abusing Your Child is a Chatbot: The Tragic Story of Sewell Setzer
    Your Undivided Attention

    Content Warning: This episode contains references to suicide, self-harm, and sexual abuse. Megan Garcia lost her son Sewell to suicide after he was abused and manipulated by AI chatbots for months.…

    2024-10-24
  52. El peligro de adicción del Scroll infinito en las redes sociales
    PODCAST DE TIM BENIYORK EN BENIDORMMentioned

    El peligro de adicción del Scroll infinito en las redes sociales El scroll infinito forma parte de las redes sociales que consumimos diariamente. Su creador, Aza Raskin, diseñó esta función en el…

    2024-10-15
  53. Yuval Noah Harari and Aza Raskin: The Making and Unmaking of Humanity
    Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

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    2024-10-10
  54. 'A Turning Point in History': Yuval Noah Harari on AI’s Cultural Takeover
    Your Undivided Attention

    Historian Yuval Noah Harari says that we are at a critical turning point. One in which AI’s ability to generate cultural artifacts threatens humanity’s role as the shapers of history. History will…

    2024-10-07
  55. Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin: Dangerous AI needs government oversight
    Brian Kilmeade Show

    Co-founders of the Center for Humane Technology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    2024-09-14
  56. Trump & Harris deploy campaigns to battlegrounds; Trump says no more debates
    Brian Kilmeade Show

    [00:11:30] Michael Allen [00:18:26] Ricky Cobb [00:36:48] Emily Schrader [00:55:10] Rep. Ashley Hinson [01:13:30] Tristan Harris & Aza Raskin [01:31:53] Mark Messier Learn more about your ad choices.…

    2024-09-13
  57. Infinite Scroll
    Illuminated

    "And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you..." Late at night, the writer, audio artist and sleep-deprived parent of a newborn, Ross Sutherland, is staring into…

    2024-09-0129:22
  58. This Moment in AI: How We Got Here and Where We’re Going
    Your Undivided Attention

    It’s been a year and half since Tristan and Aza laid out their vision and concerns for the future of artificial intelligence in The AI Dilemma. In this Spotlight episode, the guys discuss what’s…

    2024-08-12
  59. Digital Dr. Dolittle: decoding animal conversations with artificial intelligence (reprise)
    The Wild with Chris Morgan

    Artificial Intelligence is making the stuff of science fiction a science reality , changing how humans interact with the world. It could also change the way we interact with wildlife, giving us the…

    2024-07-23
  60. How to Think About AI Consciousness With Anil Seth
    Your Undivided Attention

    Will AI ever start to think by itself? If it did, how would we know, and what would it mean? In this episode, Dr. Anil Seth and Aza discuss the science, ethics, and incentives of artificial…

    2024-07-04
  61. Why Are Migrants Becoming AI Test Subjects? With Petra Molnar
    Your Undivided Attention

    Climate change, political instability, hunger. These are just some of the forces behind an unprecedented refugee crisis that’s expected to include over a billion people by 2050. In response to this…

    2024-06-20
  62. Former OpenAI Engineer William Saunders on Silence, Safety, and the Right to Warn
    Your Undivided Attention

    This week, a group of current and former employees from OpenAI and Google DeepMind penned an open letter accusing the industry’s leading companies of prioritizing profits over safety. This comes…

    2024-06-07
  63. ReThinking: Reimagining technology – and talking to animals – with Aza Raskin
    Worklife with Molly Graham

    Years ago, Aza Raskin invented the infinite scroll – and yes, he regrets it. Today, Aza is the co-founder of the Center For Humane Technology and the Earth Species Project. Aza’s work focuses on…

    2024-05-14
  64. Reimagining technology – and talking to animals – with Aza Raskin
    ReThinking

    Years ago, Aza Raskin invented the infinite scroll – and yes, he regrets it. Today, Aza is the co-founder of the Center For Humane Technology and the Earth Species Project. Aza’s work focuses on…

    2024-05-14
  65. ReThinking: Reimagining technology – and talking to animals – with Aza Raskin
    Worklife with Molly Graham

    Years ago, Aza Raskin invented the infinite scroll – and yes, he regrets it. Today, Aza is the co-founder of the Center For Humane Technology and the Earth Species Project. Aza’s work focuses on…

    2024-05-14
  66. Chips Are the Future of AI. They’re Also Incredibly Vulnerable. With Chris Miller
    Your Undivided Attention

    Beneath the race to train and release more powerful AI models lies another race: a race by companies and nation-states to secure the hardware to make sure they win AI supremacy. Correction : The…

    2024-03-29
  67. Future-proofing Democracy In the Age of AI with Audrey Tang
    Your Undivided Attention

    What does a functioning democracy look like in the age of artificial intelligence? Could AI even be used to help a democracy flourish? Just in time for election season, Taiwan’s Minister of Digital…

    2024-02-29
  68. Can Myth Teach Us Anything About the Race to Build Artificial General Intelligence? With Josh Schrei
    Your Undivided Attention

    We usually talk about tech in terms of economics or policy, but the casual language tech leaders often use to describe AI — summoning an inanimate force with the powers of code — sounds more...…

    2024-01-18
  69. AGI Unveiled: Navigating the Future with Joe Rogan, Aza Raskin & Tristan Harris #43
    The Big ChewMentioned

    Explore the future of AI with Zach and Noah as they delve into the potential and perils of artificial general intelligence (AGI) alongside experts Aza Raskin, and Tristan Harris Who were featured on…

    2024-01-08
  70. 362 Joe Rogan Experience Review of Aza Raskin & Tristan Harris Et al.
    Joe Rogan Experience Review podcastMentioned

    Thanks to this weeks sponsors: Draft Kings www.draftkings.com Download the DraftKings Casino app NOW use Promo code JRER and play FIVE DOLLARS to get ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASINO CREDITS! Apple…

    2023-12-31
  71. How Will AI Affect the 2024 Elections? with Renee DiResta and Carl Miller
    Your Undivided Attention

    2024 will be the biggest election year in world history. Forty countries will hold national elections, with over two billion voters heading to the polls. In this episode of Your Undivided Attention,…

    2023-12-21
  72. #2076 - Aza Raskin & Tristan Harris
    The Joe Rogan Experience

    Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin are the co-founders of the Center for Humane Technology and the hosts of its podcast, "Your Undivided Attention." Watch the Center's new film "The A.I. Dilemma" on…

    2023-12-19
  73. 2023 Ask Us Anything
    Your Undivided Attention

    You asked, we answered. This has been a big year in the world of tech, with the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence, acceleration of neurotechnology, and continued ethical missteps of…

    2023-11-30
  74. The Promise and Peril of Open Source AI with Elizabeth Seger and Jeffrey Ladish
    Your Undivided Attention

    As AI development races forward, a fierce debate has emerged over open source AI models. So what does it mean to open-source AI? Are we opening Pandora’s box of catastrophic risks? Or is…

    2023-11-21
  75. Talking to Animals with A.I. ethicist Aza Raskin
    A Bit of Optimism

    When did we get so disconnected from the world around us? How can we find our way back? Aza Raskin thinks the answer might lie in humanity's greatest adversary - listening. As co-founder of the…

    2023-11-21
  76. A First Step Toward AI Regulation with Tom Wheeler
    Your Undivided Attention

    On Monday, Oct. 30, President Biden released a sweeping executive order that addresses many risks of artificial intelligence. Tom Wheeler, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission,…

    2023-11-02
  77. No One is Immune to AI Harms with Dr. Joy Buolamwini
    Your Undivided Attention

    In this interview, Dr. Joy Buolamwini argues that algorithmic bias in AI systems poses risks to marginalized people. She challenges the assumptions of tech leaders who advocate for AI “alignment” and…

    2023-10-26
  78. Jednohubka: Jak se američtí senátoři učili od kapitánů AI průmyslu
    Kanárci v sítiMentioned

    Přinášíme Vám vybrané téma z pravidelného přehledu Co týden dal, který je pouze pro naše předplatitele na herohero.co/kanarcivsiti . V dnešní jednohubce se věnujeme jednání za zavřenými dveřmi,…

    2023-09-29
  79. Mustafa Suleyman Says We Need to Contain AI. How Do We Do It?
    Your Undivided Attention

    This is going to be the most productive decade in the history of our species, says Mustafa Suleyman, author of “The Coming Wave,” CEO of Inflection AI, and founder of Google’s DeepMind. But in order…

    2023-09-28
  80. Inside the First AI Insight Forum in Washington
    Your Undivided Attention

    Last week, Senator Chuck Schumer brought together Congress and many of the biggest names in AI for the first closed-door AI Insight Forum in Washington, D.C. Tristan and Aza were invited speakers at…

    2023-09-19
  81. How to confront the 'AI dilemma'
    The Decoded Podcast

    Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin have been pushing for changes to social media companies' business models for years. Now, they're doing the same with AI. On POLITICO Tech, the co-founders of the Center…

    2023-09-18
  82. Spotlight on AI: What Would It Take For This to Go Well?
    Your Undivided Attention

    Where do the top Silicon Valley AI researchers really think AI is headed? Do they have a plan if things go wrong? In this episode, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin reflect on the last several months of…

    2023-09-12
  83. The AI ‘Race’: China vs. the US with Jeffrey Ding and Karen Hao
    Your Undivided Attention

    In the debate over slowing down AI, we often hear the same argument against regulation. “What about China? We can’t let China get ahead.” To dig into the nuances of this argument, Tristan and Aza…

    2023-08-31
  84. Ep23 "How can we learn to speak alien?"
    Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

    If we meet extraterrestrials someday, how will we figure out what they're saying? We currently face this problem right here at home: we have 2 million species of animals on our planet... and we have…

    2023-08-28
  85. #1578 A.I. is a big tech airplane with a 10% chance of crashing, should society fly it? ChatGPT was only the starter pistol but it has shown the sloppiness of these companies and the need for regulate artificial intelligence for the public good.
    Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

    Air Date 8/20/2023 Big tech is currently scrambling to bring untested A.I. products to market, over-promising, under-delivering, and working hard obscure and ignore any possible downsides for…

    2023-08-20
  86. Protecting Our Freedom of Thought with Nita Farahany
    Your Undivided Attention

    We are on the cusp of an explosion of cheap, consumer-ready neurotechnology - from earbuds that gather our behavioral data, to sensors that can read our dreams. And it’s all going to be supercharged…

    2023-08-03
  87. Social Media Victims Lawyer Up with Laura Marquez-Garrett
    Your Undivided Attention

    Social media was humanity’s ‘first contact’ moment with AI. If we’re going to create laws that are strong enough to prevent AI from destroying our societies, we could benefit from taking a look at…

    2023-07-21
  88. Big Food, Big Tech and Big AI with Michael Moss
    Your Undivided Attention

    In the next two episodes of Your Undivided Attention, we take a close look at two respective industries: big food and social media, which represent dangerous “races to the bottom” and have big…

    2023-07-06
  89. What Can Technologists Learn from Sesame Street? With Dr. Rosemarie Truglio
    Your Undivided Attention

    What happens when creators consider what lifelong human development looks like in terms of the tools we make? And what philosophies from Sesame Street can inform how to steward the power of AI and…

    2023-06-22
  90. Spotlight: How Zombie Values Infect Society
    Your Undivided Attention

    You’re likely familiar with the modern zombie trope: a zombie bites someone you care about and they’re transformed into a creature who wants your brain. Zombies are the perfect metaphor to explain…

    2023-06-08
  91. The Tech We Need for 21st Century Democracy with Divya Siddarth
    Your Undivided Attention

    Democracy in action has looked the same for generations. Constituents might go to a library or school every one or two years and cast their vote for people who don't actually represent everything…

    2023-05-25
  92. Spotlight: AI Myths and Misconceptions
    Your Undivided Attention

    A few episodes back, we presented Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin’s talk The AI Dilemma. People inside the companies that are building generative artificial intelligence came to us with their concerns…

    2023-05-11
  93. Talking With Animals… Using AI
    Your Undivided Attention

    Despite our serious concerns about the pace of deployment of generative artificial intelligence , we are not anti-AI. There are uses that can help us better understand ourselves and the world around…

    2023-05-04
  94. Can We Govern AI?
    Your Undivided Attention

    When it comes to AI, what kind of regulations might we need to address this rapidly developing new class of technologies? What makes regulating AI and runaway tech in general different from…

    2023-04-21
  95. Spotlight: The Three Rules of Humane Tech
    Your Undivided Attention

    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…

    2023-04-06
  96. Digital Dr. Dolittle: decoding animal conversations with artificial intelligence
    The Wild with Chris Morgan

    Whenever I'm out doing field work or on a hike, I’ve not only got my eyes wide open, but my ears too. There’s a lot going on in a forest or under the sea - the sounds of nature. So many of those…

    2023-03-28
  97. The AI Dilemma
    Your Undivided Attention

    You may have heard about the arrival of GPT-4, OpenAI’s latest large language model (LLM) release. GPT-4 surpasses its predecessor in terms of reliability, creativity, and ability to process…

    2023-03-24
  98. Nightly News Films: AI Revolution
    NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

    For many of us, the term artificial intelligence conjures up images of science fiction movies. But what is it really? As AI technology becomes a bigger part of our world, Lester Holt sits down with…

    2023-03-23
  99. TikTok’s Transparency Problem
    Your Undivided Attention

    A few months ago on Your Undivided Attention , we released a Spotlight episode on TikTok's national security risks. Since then, we've learned more about the dangers of the China-owned company: We've…

    2023-03-02
  100. Synthetic Humanity: AI & What’s At Stake
    Your Undivided Attention

    It may seem like the rise of artificial intelligence, and increasingly powerful large language models you may have heard of, is moving really fast… and it IS. But what’s coming next is when we enter…

    2023-02-16
  101. The Race to Cooperation
    Your Undivided Attention

    It’s easy to tell ourselves we’re living in the world we want – one where Darwinian evolution drives competing technology platforms and capitalism pushes nations to maximize GDP regardless of…

    2023-02-02
  102. Ask Us Anything: You Asked, We Answered
    Your Undivided Attention

    Welcome to our first-ever Ask Us Anything episode. Recently we put out a call for questions… and, wow, did you come through! We got more than 100 responses from listeners to this podcast from all…

    2022-12-29
  103. Can Psychedelic Therapy Reset Our Social Media Brains?
    Your Undivided Attention

    When you look at the world, it can feel like we're in a precarious moment. If you’ve listened to past episodes, you know we call this the meta-crisis — an era of overlapping and interconnected crises…

    2022-12-15
  104. Spotlight — Humane Technology on '60 Minutes'
    Your Undivided Attention

    The weekly American news show 60 Minutes invited Center for Humane Technology co-founder Tristan Harris back recently to discuss political polarization and the anger and incivility that gets elevated…

    2022-11-10
  105. Spotlight — Elon, Twitter and the Gladiator Arena
    Your Undivided Attention

    Since it’s looking more and more like Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, will probably soon have ownership of Twitter, we wanted to do a special episode about what this could mean for Twitter users…

    2022-10-27
  106. An alternative to the Silicon Valley unicorn | Your Undivided Attention
    TED Tech

    What’s the alternative to the Silicon Valley unicorn? In this episode of the podcast Your Undivided Attention, co-hosts Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin talk with Mara Zepeda and Kate “Sassy” Sassoon of…

    2022-09-23
  107. Fighting With Mirages of Each Other — with Adam Mastroianni
    Your Undivided Attention

    Have you ever lost a friend to misperception? Have you lost a friend or a family member to the idea that your views got so different, that it was time to end the relationship — perhaps by unfriending…

    2022-09-22
  108. Spotlight — Addressing the TikTok Threat
    Your Undivided Attention

    Imagine it's the Cold War. Imagine that the Soviet Union puts itself in a position to influence the television programming of the entire Western world — more than a billion viewers. While this might…

    2022-09-08
  109. Spotlight — How might a long-term stock market transform tech?
    Your Undivided Attention

    At Center for Humane Technology, we often talk about multipolar traps — which arise when individuals have an incentive to act in ways that are beneficial to them in the short term, but detrimental to…

    2022-08-25
  110. The Invisible Cyber-War
    Your Undivided Attention

    When you hear the word cyber-attack, what comes to mind? Someone hacking into your email, or stealing your Facebook password? As it turns out, our most critical infrastructure can be hacked. Our…

    2022-08-04
  111. An Alternative to Silicon Valley Unicorns
    Your Undivided Attention

    Why isn't Twitter doing more to get bots off their platform? Why isn’t Uber taking better care of its drivers? What if...they can't? Venture-capital backed companies like Twitter and Uber are held…

    2022-06-30
  112. Time is short
    Happy Habit PodcastMentioned

    Our time is short, be incredibly precious about guarding your time. Be selective about how you spend it. In this episode to illustrate my point I talk about Aza Raskin and his invention that has…

    2022-06-20
  113. Aza Raskin: "AI, The Shape of Language, and Earth's Species"
    The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

    On this episode, we meet with cofounder of the Earth Species Project, cofounder of the Center for Humane Technology, and cohost of the podcast Your Undivided Attention, Aza Raskin. Raskin gives us a…

    2022-06-08
  114. How Political Language Is Engineered — with Drew Westen and Frank Luntz
    Your Undivided Attention

    Democracy depends on our ability to choose our political views. But the language we use to talk about political issues is deliberately designed to be divisive, and can produce up to a 15-point…

    2022-06-02
  115. Transcending the Internet Hate Game — with Dylan Marron
    Your Undivided Attention

    The game that social media sets us up to play is a game that rewards outrage. It's a game that we win by being better than other players at dunking on each other, straw-manning each other, and…

    2022-05-19
  116. How To Free Our Minds — with Cult Deprogramming Expert Dr. Steven Hassan
    Your Undivided Attention

    How would you know if you were in a cult? If not a cult, then at least under undue influence? The truth is: we're all under some form of undue influence. The question is: to what degree and to what…

    2022-05-05
  117. Spotlight — A Bigger Picture on Elon & Twitter
    Your Undivided Attention

    If Elon Musk owns Twitter, what are the risks and what are the opportunities? In order for Twitter to support democracy — and Musk’s goal of becoming a multi-planetary civilization — we need a…

    2022-04-26
  118. What Is Civil War in the Digital Age? — with Barbara F. Walter
    Your Undivided Attention

    Civil war might be the most likely escalation pathway towards disaster for our country. On the flip side, learning how to avoid civil conflict — and more ambitiously, repair our civic fabric — might…

    2022-04-21
  119. Digital Democracy is Within Reach with Audrey Tang (Rerun)
    Your Undivided Attention

    [This episode originally aired on July 23rd, 2020.] Imagine a world where every country has a digital minister and technologically-enabled legislative bodies. Votes are completely transparent and…

    2022-03-24
  120. The Dark Side Of Decentralization — with Audrey Kurth Cronin
    Your Undivided Attention

    Is decentralization inherently a good thing? These days, there's a lot of talk about decentralization. Decentralized social media platforms can allow us to own our own data. Decentralized…

    2022-03-10
  121. Rethinking Consequences: Aza Raskin
    Rethink Moments with Rachel Botsman

    What happens when an idea is transformed beyond your control? In this episode of Rethink Moments, Rachel goes on a journey with designer and entrepreneur Aza Raskin to understand how the unintended…

    2022-03-07
  122. The Invisible Influence of Language — with Lera Boroditsky
    Your Undivided Attention

    One of the oldest technologies we have is language. How do the words we use influence the way we think? The media can talk about immigrants scurrying across the border, versus immigrants crossing the…

    2022-02-24
  123. How Science Fiction Can Shape Our Reality — with Kim Stanley Robinson
    Your Undivided Attention

    The meta-crisis is so vast: climate change, exponential technology, addiction, polarization, and more. How do we grasp it, let alone take steps to address it? One of the thinking tools we have at our…

    2022-02-10
  124. Here’s Our Plan And We Don’t Know — with Tristan Harris, Aza Raskin and Stephanie Lepp
    Your Undivided Attention

    Renowned quantum physicist Richard Feynman once wrote, "It is our capacity to doubt that will determine the future of civilization." In that spirit, this episode is a little different – because we're…

    2022-02-03
  125. Is World War III Already Here? — with Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster
    Your Undivided Attention

    Would you say that the US is in war-time or peace-time? How do you know? The truth is, the nature of warfare has changed so fundamentally, that we're currently in a war we don't even recognize. It's…

    2022-01-13
  126. A Fresh Take on Tech in China — with Rui Ma and Duncan Clark
    Your Undivided Attention

    Who do you think the Chinese government considers its biggest rival? The United States, right? Actually, the Chinese government considers its biggest rival to be its own technology companies. It's…

    2021-12-10
  127. Behind the Curtain on The Social Dilemma — with Jeff Orlowski-Yang and Larissa Rhodes
    Your Undivided Attention

    How do you make a film that impacts more than 100 million people in 190 countries in 30 languages? This week on Your Undivided Attention, we're going behind the curtain on The Social Dilemma — the…

    2021-11-11
  128. A Conversation with Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen
    Your Undivided Attention

    We are now in social media's Big Tobacco moment. And that’s largely thanks to the courage of one woman: Frances Haugen. Frances is a specialist in algorithmic product management. She worked at…

    2021-10-18
  129. Spotlight — A Whirlwind Week of Whistleblowing
    Your Undivided Attention

    In seven years of working on the problems of runaway technology, we’ve never experienced a week like this! In this bonus episode of Your Undivided Attention, we recap this whirlwind of a week — from…

    2021-10-06
  130. Making Meaning in Challenging Times — with Jamie Wheal
    Your Undivided Attention

    What helps you make meaning in challenging times? As you confront COVID, the climate crisis, and all of the challenges we discuss on this show, what helps you avoid nihilism or fundamentalism, and…

    2021-09-30
  131. The Power of Solutions Journalism — with Tina Rosenberg and Hélène Biandudi Hofer
    Your Undivided Attention

    What is the goal of our digital information environment? Is it simply to inform us, or also to empower us to act? The Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) understands that simply reporting on social…

    2021-09-03
  132. Do You Want to Become a Vampire? — with L.A. Paul
    Your Undivided Attention

    How do we decide whether to undergo a transformative experience when we don’t know how that experience will change us? This is the central question explored by Yale philosopher and cognitive…

    2021-08-12
  133. You Will Never Breathe the Same Again — with James Nestor
    Your Undivided Attention

    When author and journalist James Nestor began researching a piece on free diving, he was stunned. He found that free divers could hold their breath for up to 8 minutes at a time, and dive to depths…

    2021-07-23
  134. A Facebook Whistleblower — with Sophie Zhang
    Your Undivided Attention

    In September of 2020, on her last day at Facebook, data scientist Sophie Zhang posted a 7,900-word memo to the company's internal site. In it, she described the anguish and guilt she had experienced…

    2021-07-09
  135. [Unedited] A Problem Well-Stated is Half-Solved — with Daniel Schmachtenberger
    Your Undivided Attention

    We’ve explored many different problems on Your Undivided Attention — addiction, disinformation, polarization, climate change, and more. But what if many of these problems are actually symptoms of the…

    2021-06-25
  136. A Problem Well-Stated is Half-Solved — with Daniel Schmachtenberger
    Your Undivided Attention

    We’ve explored many different problems on Your Undivided Attention — addiction, disinformation, polarization, climate change, and more. But what if many of these problems are actually symptoms of the…

    2021-06-25
  137. Mr. Harris Zooms to Washington
    Your Undivided Attention

    Back in January 2020, Tristan Harris went to Washington, D.C. to testify before the U.S. Congress on the harms of social media. A few weeks ago, he returned — virtually — for another hearing ,…

    2021-05-10
  138. Can Your Reality Turn on a Word? — with Anthony Jacquin
    Your Undivided Attention

    Can hypnosis be a tool to help us see how our minds are being shaped and manipulated more than we realize? Guest Anthony Jacquin is a hypnotist and hypnotherapist of over 20 years, author of Reality…

    2021-04-29
  139. The Stubborn Optimist's Guide Revisited — with Christiana Figueres (Rerun)
    Your Undivided Attention

    [This episode originally aired May 21, 2020] Internationally-recognized global leader on climate change Christiana Figueres argues that the battle against global threats like climate change begins in…

    2021-04-22
  140. Mind the (Perception) Gap — with Dan Vallone
    Your Undivided Attention

    What do you think the other side thinks? Guest Dan Vallone is the Director of More in Common U.S.A. , an organization that’s been asking Democrats and Republicans that critical question. Their work…

    2021-04-15
  141. Spotlight — Coded Bias
    Your Undivided Attention

    The film Coded Bias follows MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini through her investigation of algorithmic discrimination, after she accidentally discovers that facial recognition technologies do…

    2021-04-08
  142. Come Together Right Now — with Shamil Idriss
    Your Undivided Attention

    How many technologists have traveled to Niger, or the Balkans, or Rwanda, to learn the lessons of peacebuilding? Technology and social media are creating patterns and pathways of conflict that few…

    2021-04-01
  143. Disinformation Then and Now — with Camille François
    Your Undivided Attention

    Disinformation researchers have been fighting two battles over the last decade: one to combat and contain harmful information, and one to convince the world that these manipulations have an offline…

    2021-03-18
  144. The Courage to Connect — with Ciaran O’Connor and John Wood, Jr.
    Your Undivided Attention

    It’s no revelation that Americans aren’t getting along. But it’s easier to diagnose the problem than come up with solutions. The organization Braver Angels runs workshops that convince Republicans…

    2021-03-04
  145. A Renegade Solution to Extractive Economics — with Kate Raworth
    Your Undivided Attention

    When Kate Raworth began studying economics, she was disappointed that the mainstream version of the discipline didn’t fully address many of the world issues that she wanted to tackle, such as human…

    2021-02-11
  146. Two Million Years in Two Hours: A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari
    Your Undivided Attention

    Yuval Noah Harari is one of the rare historians who can give us a two-million-year perspective on today’s headlines. In this wide-ranging conversation, Yuval explains how technology and democracy…

    2021-01-15
  147. Won't You Be My Neighbor? A Civic Vision for the Internet — with Eli Pariser
    Your Undivided Attention

    You’ve heard us talk before on this podcast about the pitfalls of trying to moderate a “global public square.” Our guest today, Eli Pariser , co-director of Civic Signals , co-founder of Avaaz , and…

    2020-12-23
  148. #1558 - Tristan Harris
    The Joe Rogan ExperienceMentioned

    Called the “closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience,” by The Atlantic magazine, Tristan Harris spent three years as a Google Design Ethicist developing a framework for how technology should…

    2020-10-30
  149. Are the Kids Alright? — with Jonathan Haidt
    Your Undivided Attention

    We are in the midst of a teen mental health crisis. Since 2011, the rate of U.S. hospitalizations for preteen girls who have self-harmed is up 189 percent, and with older teen girls, it’s up 62…

    2020-10-27
  150. Your Nation's Attention for the Price of a Used Car — with Zahed Amanullah
    Your Undivided Attention

    Today’s extremists don’t need highly produced videos like ISIS. They don’t need deep pockets like Russia. With the right message, a fringe organization can reach the majority of a nation’s Facebook…

    2020-10-06
  151. Spotlight: The Social Dilemma
    Your Undivided Attention

    A new documentary called The Social Dilemma comes out on Netflix today, September 9, 2020. We hope that this film, full of interviews with tech insiders, will be a catalyst and tool for exposing how…

    2020-09-09
  152. Facebook Goes '2Africa' — with Julie Owono
    Your Undivided Attention

    This summer, Facebook unveiled “2Africa,” a subsea cable project that will encircle nearly the entire continent of Africa — much to the surprise of Julie Owono . As Executive Director of Internet…

    2020-09-02
  153. When Media Was for You and Me — with Fred Turner
    Your Undivided Attention

    In 1940, a group of 60 American intellectuals formed the Committee for National Morale. “They’ve largely been forgotten,” says Fred Turner, a professor of communications at Stanford University, but…

    2020-08-06
  154. Digital Democracy Is Within Reach — with Audrey Tang
    Your Undivided Attention

    Imagine a world where every country has a digital minister and technologically-enabled legislative bodies. Votes are completely transparent and audio and video of all conversations between lawmakers…

    2020-07-23
  155. Spotlight — Beyond the Boycott
    Your Undivided Attention

    #StopHateforProfit is an important first step, but we need to go much further. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal…

    2020-07-10
  156. The World According to Q — with Travis View
    Your Undivided Attention

    What would inspire someone to singlehandedly initiate an armed standoff on the Hoover Dam, or lead the police on a 100-mile-an-hour car chase while calling for help from an anonymous internet source,…

    2020-07-08
  157. The Bully’s Pulpit — with Fadi Quran
    Your Undivided Attention

    The sound of bullies on social media can be deafening, but what about their victims? “They're just sitting there being pummeled and pummeled and pummeled,” says Fadi Quran . As the campaign director…

    2020-06-22
  158. The Stubborn Optimist’s Guide to Saving the Planet — with Christiana Figueres
    Your Undivided Attention

    How can we feel empowered to take on global threats? The battle begins in our heads, argues Christiana Figueres . She became the United Nation’s top climate official, after she had watched the 2009…

    2020-05-21
  159. Changing Our Climate of Denial — with Anthony Leiserowitz
    Your Undivided Attention

    We agree more than we think we do, but tech platforms distort our perceptions by amplifying the loudest, angriest and most dismissive voices online. In reality, they’re just a noisy faction. This…

    2020-04-22

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