Bret Weinstein

Well, I don't know because I didn't live in Soviet Russia. But my understanding from people who did was that there was a wide awareness that the propaganda wasn't true. It doesn't mean they knew what to believe. But there was a cynicism, which is one of my fears here, is that you're really stuck choosing between two bad options here.

Well, I don't know because I didn't live in Soviet Russia. But my understanding from people who did was that there was a wide awareness that the propaganda wasn't true. It doesn't mean they knew what to believe. But there was a cynicism, which is one of my fears here, is that you're really stuck choosing between two bad options here.

In a world where you can't tell what is true, you can either be overly credulous and be a sucker all the time or you can become a cynic and you can be paralyzed by the fact that you just don't believe anything.

In a world where you can't tell what is true, you can either be overly credulous and be a sucker all the time or you can become a cynic and you can be paralyzed by the fact that you just don't believe anything.

It's not chat GPT exactly, but all of the various AI engines have briefly enhanced our capacity to know what's true because, in fact, they allow us to see through the algorithmic manipulation. Because the AI is not well policed, you can get it to recognize patterns that people will swear are not true. And so anyway, a lot of us have found it useful in just simply unhooking the gaslighting.

It's not chat GPT exactly, but all of the various AI engines have briefly enhanced our capacity to know what's true because, in fact, they allow us to see through the algorithmic manipulation. Because the AI is not well policed, you can get it to recognize patterns that people will swear are not true. And so anyway, a lot of us have found it useful in just simply unhooking the gaslighting.

So that's been very positive. But I also remember the early days of search. And search used to be a matter of There are some pages out there. I don't know where they are. Here's a mechanized something that's looked through this stuff and just point me at the direction of things that contain these words, right?

So that's been very positive. But I also remember the early days of search. And search used to be a matter of There are some pages out there. I don't know where they are. Here's a mechanized something that's looked through this stuff and just point me at the direction of things that contain these words, right?

Before the algorithmic manipulation started steering us into believing pure nonsense because somebody who controlled these things decided it was useful for us to believe those things. So my guess is at the moment, AI is enhancing our ability to see more clearly, but that really depends on some kind of agreement to protect that capacity that I'm not aware of us having.

Before the algorithmic manipulation started steering us into believing pure nonsense because somebody who controlled these things decided it was useful for us to believe those things. So my guess is at the moment, AI is enhancing our ability to see more clearly, but that really depends on some kind of agreement to protect that capacity that I'm not aware of us having.

Well, but let's take the example you say. Is meta incentivized to solve this problem? Superficially, it seems that it should be. But how many times in recent history have we watched a corporation cannibalize its own business over what at best is the bizarre desires of its shareholders? Yeah. Why was X throwing off people with large accounts or Facebook or Google?

Well, but let's take the example you say. Is meta incentivized to solve this problem? Superficially, it seems that it should be. But how many times in recent history have we watched a corporation cannibalize its own business over what at best is the bizarre desires of its shareholders? Yeah. Why was X throwing off people with large accounts or Facebook or Google?

It would seem that you would expect, based on the market, choosing search engines or social media sites, you would expect that. these companies to be absolutely mercenary and say, you know, if Alex Jones has a big audience, who are we to say? That's what I would have expected.

It would seem that you would expect, based on the market, choosing search engines or social media sites, you would expect that. these companies to be absolutely mercenary and say, you know, if Alex Jones has a big audience, who are we to say? That's what I would have expected.

Instead, you had these companies policing the morality of thought, even though it reduced the size of the population using the platforms. I have a hard time explaining why that happened, but I have every reason to expect the same thing will happen with AI.

Instead, you had these companies policing the morality of thought, even though it reduced the size of the population using the platforms. I have a hard time explaining why that happened, but I have every reason to expect the same thing will happen with AI.

There's a couple of different ways. One, we have, as we mentioned before, a dearth of competent teachers and professors. And that is a problem that will take three generations at least to solve if what we're going to do is start tomorrow and start educating people in the right way that would make them competent to stand at the front of a room and educate.

There's a couple of different ways. One, we have, as we mentioned before, a dearth of competent teachers and professors. And that is a problem that will take three generations at least to solve if what we're going to do is start tomorrow and start educating people in the right way that would make them competent to stand at the front of a room and educate.

But if we can augment that process, if we can leverage a tool like AI so that a small number of competent teachers can maybe reach a larger number of pupils, that's plausible, I think. Second thing is we have a tremendous number of problems that are obstacles to us living well on this planet that AI might be able to manage that human intellect alone cannot, right?

But if we can augment that process, if we can leverage a tool like AI so that a small number of competent teachers can maybe reach a larger number of pupils, that's plausible, I think. Second thing is we have a tremendous number of problems that are obstacles to us living well on this planet that AI might be able to manage that human intellect alone cannot, right?