Charlie Brooker
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I think generally we thought these iPhones and smartphones were brilliant and social media had helped bring about the Arab Spring and it was going to wash her in a new era of diplomacy and democracy. And we're all going to talk to each other.
I think generally we thought these iPhones and smartphones were brilliant and social media had helped bring about the Arab Spring and it was going to wash her in a new era of diplomacy and democracy. And we're all going to talk to each other.
I think generally we thought these iPhones and smartphones were brilliant and social media had helped bring about the Arab Spring and it was going to wash her in a new era of diplomacy and democracy. And we're all going to talk to each other.
And the biggest complaint anyone had about social media was that it was full of people posting photos of their breakfast and talking about my issue in their life and being a little narcissistic, not unhinged enough. It wasn't this sort of unhinged vortex of anger and hatred.
And the biggest complaint anyone had about social media was that it was full of people posting photos of their breakfast and talking about my issue in their life and being a little narcissistic, not unhinged enough. It wasn't this sort of unhinged vortex of anger and hatred.
And the biggest complaint anyone had about social media was that it was full of people posting photos of their breakfast and talking about my issue in their life and being a little narcissistic, not unhinged enough. It wasn't this sort of unhinged vortex of anger and hatred.
But because it seemed so rosy, the portrayal of it seemed so rosy and it made me... The anxious, neurotic person in me was immediately distrustful and scared, if you see what I mean. Because you kind of think...
But because it seemed so rosy, the portrayal of it seemed so rosy and it made me... The anxious, neurotic person in me was immediately distrustful and scared, if you see what I mean. Because you kind of think...
But because it seemed so rosy, the portrayal of it seemed so rosy and it made me... The anxious, neurotic person in me was immediately distrustful and scared, if you see what I mean. Because you kind of think...
I'm probably more of a boring centrist in a way, in terms of like, so I can worry, again, like I can, I have a natural tendency to worry about anything. I can leap over five lily pads over to immediate destruction and the apocalypse very quickly. You could show me a spoon and I would worry about terrible things that someone could do with that spoon.
I'm probably more of a boring centrist in a way, in terms of like, so I can worry, again, like I can, I have a natural tendency to worry about anything. I can leap over five lily pads over to immediate destruction and the apocalypse very quickly. You could show me a spoon and I would worry about terrible things that someone could do with that spoon.
I'm probably more of a boring centrist in a way, in terms of like, so I can worry, again, like I can, I have a natural tendency to worry about anything. I can leap over five lily pads over to immediate destruction and the apocalypse very quickly. You could show me a spoon and I would worry about terrible things that someone could do with that spoon.
And so I can totally, with AI, I can absolutely understand all the terrifying implications and it's the unknown, isn't it, really? We don't know. But you can also see Okay, there's myriad opportunities. It is an amazing tool. And we're not going to ā we can't really put the genie back in the bottle. We've invented this. Yes, I worry about, you know, if you're in a kind of AI arms race, then ā
And so I can totally, with AI, I can absolutely understand all the terrifying implications and it's the unknown, isn't it, really? We don't know. But you can also see Okay, there's myriad opportunities. It is an amazing tool. And we're not going to ā we can't really put the genie back in the bottle. We've invented this. Yes, I worry about, you know, if you're in a kind of AI arms race, then ā
And so I can totally, with AI, I can absolutely understand all the terrifying implications and it's the unknown, isn't it, really? We don't know. But you can also see Okay, there's myriad opportunities. It is an amazing tool. And we're not going to ā we can't really put the genie back in the bottle. We've invented this. Yes, I worry about, you know, if you're in a kind of AI arms race, then ā
obviously there's an impetus to, and people start thinking that guardrails are slowing them down and there's a reason to, you know, dismantle any guardrails that there are. I think kind of like anything, the printing press was an amazing, like one of the most amazing inventions in history, caused all sorts of, upheaval because suddenly you had this way that ideas could be disseminated.
obviously there's an impetus to, and people start thinking that guardrails are slowing them down and there's a reason to, you know, dismantle any guardrails that there are. I think kind of like anything, the printing press was an amazing, like one of the most amazing inventions in history, caused all sorts of, upheaval because suddenly you had this way that ideas could be disseminated.
obviously there's an impetus to, and people start thinking that guardrails are slowing them down and there's a reason to, you know, dismantle any guardrails that there are. I think kind of like anything, the printing press was an amazing, like one of the most amazing inventions in history, caused all sorts of, upheaval because suddenly you had this way that ideas could be disseminated.
Obviously, no one would say the printing press was a bad invention.
Obviously, no one would say the printing press was a bad invention.