Ezra Levant
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And those are – I don't even think those are particularly acute crises. Those are sort of longstanding problems that it's not, oh, my God, we've got to snuff this idea out before this election, like the Hunter Biden laptop story.
And those are – I don't even think those are particularly acute crises. Those are sort of longstanding problems that it's not, oh, my God, we've got to snuff this idea out before this election, like the Hunter Biden laptop story.
And those are – I don't even think those are particularly acute crises. Those are sort of longstanding problems that it's not, oh, my God, we've got to snuff this idea out before this election, like the Hunter Biden laptop story.
So what you're talking about are big swaths of ideas – Right. And then there's the crisis ideas like the ones you just described.
So what you're talking about are big swaths of ideas – Right. And then there's the crisis ideas like the ones you just described.
So what you're talking about are big swaths of ideas – Right. And then there's the crisis ideas like the ones you just described.
Well, we only know what happened to Twitter because Elon Musk himself revealed that he sort of opened up his own kimono to show the world. I've got to think it was the same at YouTube, Google, Facebook, Instagram. They just haven't been as forthcoming. Elon Musk is very unusual that way.
Well, we only know what happened to Twitter because Elon Musk himself revealed that he sort of opened up his own kimono to show the world. I've got to think it was the same at YouTube, Google, Facebook, Instagram. They just haven't been as forthcoming. Elon Musk is very unusual that way.
Well, we only know what happened to Twitter because Elon Musk himself revealed that he sort of opened up his own kimono to show the world. I've got to think it was the same at YouTube, Google, Facebook, Instagram. They just haven't been as forthcoming. Elon Musk is very unusual that way.
And they're tracking, too, because today's 15-year-old in five years will be 20, and maybe he'll be a soldier then. And maybe at 25, maybe he'll be—think of, if you're tracking someone and all their conversations and all their networks and all their friends, and if everything they say is being recorded from their gestures to—and if it's all being backed up in big data in Beijing—
And they're tracking, too, because today's 15-year-old in five years will be 20, and maybe he'll be a soldier then. And maybe at 25, maybe he'll be—think of, if you're tracking someone and all their conversations and all their networks and all their friends, and if everything they say is being recorded from their gestures to—and if it's all being backed up in big data in Beijing—
And they're tracking, too, because today's 15-year-old in five years will be 20, and maybe he'll be a soldier then. And maybe at 25, maybe he'll be—think of, if you're tracking someone and all their conversations and all their networks and all their friends, and if everything they say is being recorded from their gestures to—and if it's all being backed up in big data in Beijing—
You're talking to a kid today, but in 20 years from now, you've got some dirt on someone. And I mean, TikTok is so addictive. Elon Musk said the algorithm, he felt it pulling on his mind. He had to shut it down. It's an amazing algorithm. It knows what you like almost more than you do.
You're talking to a kid today, but in 20 years from now, you've got some dirt on someone. And I mean, TikTok is so addictive. Elon Musk said the algorithm, he felt it pulling on his mind. He had to shut it down. It's an amazing algorithm. It knows what you like almost more than you do.
You're talking to a kid today, but in 20 years from now, you've got some dirt on someone. And I mean, TikTok is so addictive. Elon Musk said the algorithm, he felt it pulling on his mind. He had to shut it down. It's an amazing algorithm. It knows what you like almost more than you do.
And not just that- Maybe you forgot what you said in that phone call five years ago. How can it forget? It never forgets anything in some ways. And there is some reason to be terrified about it. I think Donald Trump has decided if there's going to be AI, let it be in America rather than in China.
And not just that- Maybe you forgot what you said in that phone call five years ago. How can it forget? It never forgets anything in some ways. And there is some reason to be terrified about it. I think Donald Trump has decided if there's going to be AI, let it be in America rather than in China.
And not just that- Maybe you forgot what you said in that phone call five years ago. How can it forget? It never forgets anything in some ways. And there is some reason to be terrified about it. I think Donald Trump has decided if there's going to be AI, let it be in America rather than in China.
Oh, it was a struggle session. Like a Maoist. Bloody Maoists, yeah. They were trying to put the hat on you and make you confess. Oh, definitely.
Oh, it was a struggle session. Like a Maoist. Bloody Maoists, yeah. They were trying to put the hat on you and make you confess. Oh, definitely.