Chase Hughes

So it was used around the world.

It was the canonical textbook for AI, Stuart Russell.

He wrote this book called Human Compatible.

He's talking about computers, humans, some psychology, a lot of AI and computer science.

He said that there's two ways that algorithms can become better at predicting what it is that you're going to click on.

The first one is serving you content, which is more akin to something that you want to press, right?

Like if all that you're trying to optimize is CTR and watch time, basically, which is kind of every algorithm now.

I can just better predict what it is that you want and give you that.

But the other side is I can nudge your preferences to make them easier to predict.

So it's a bi-directional relationship.

And it's not like anybody told the black box algorithm to go and do this.

But over time, it knows, hey, if I walk people down this sequence of steps, and this is where I think the truth about pipelines and radicalization comes along, but it's not necessarily radicalization to an extreme of one particular worldview.

It's an extreme of predictability.

And this bi-directional relationship between becoming better at working out what you want to click and becoming better at making you more predictable to work out your preferences, that is really, I mean, when you told me about it, it blew my mind.

It's one of the most mind-blowing things that I've ever heard.

Dude, I've got to read this because- Fucking spectacular, eh?

When I teach like persuasion and influence, I'm actually here in town today teaching.

I've been on stage all morning doing like a seminar.

You need new time.

That's what you need.