Stephen Dubner

We know that the emotion that's being mistreated is not a human emotion.

And we also know that the people who write that code and make that machine, they understand the way barriers are shiftable and so on.

And additionally, I would say,

It's a really nice use of technology to absorb maybe someone's hostility that doesn't have to be then directed to a real person.

It's like abuse the lawnmower.

Abuse the AI.

Don't abuse people.

Save your patience for humans.

Yeah.

I like the NFL a lot.

And I often think of it, especially at this late, relatively advanced date in our civilization as a proxy for war.

Everything about it is very warlike, but also the pageantry around it now.

But I think if these guys are willing to go do that, and they get compensated well, but it's still, it's an unbelievably hard, difficult, and physical thing to do.

If they're willing to go do that for their entertainment, for their making a living for their family, and we get to watch that and feel like it was warlike, and if then that diminishes our appetite for real war, I think that's a great thing.

And so similarly, I would say this bozo yelling at us,

You know, it's probably for the good.

Yeah, but I just want to be super clear.

It's the original book.

Yeah, that's fine.

I wrote a new forward, but I did one interview before you.