Jonathan Haidt
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I knew what was happening as it was happening.
So certain words that they used and, you know, I was like, ah, I see what you did here.
And so it's been interesting.
It's been a journey, and I'm frightened, frankly, of what it means for all of us.
And my approach—
Kind of, you know, not like Jonathan's – I love Jonathan's approach.
I, you know, I think, yes, we need legislation.
But my approach is more, I would say, tempered in that I think that we – there's utility for AI chatbots for certain people because of access or, you know, need, et cetera.
Like if you are LGBTQIA plus and you live in an area that is not very open –
And you need to talk to someone.
You can't go to your therapist.
It's like maybe you can use an AI chatbot.
So there are certain cases, a case-by-case basis.
But my work will focus, this particular book will focus on ways that you can first understand and build awareness of what's happening with this interaction and then what you can do to manage that.
It's called sycophancy, by the way.
Yeah, I just learned that word.
It's like agreeableness at scale.
It's like golden retriever energy.
The yes man.
There's like a build the plane as you're flying it.