Tristan Harris
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 17 Sep
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These swarms, but they did actually call themselves a team, by the way.
They did call themselves a swarm.
They invented new language for each other like permadeath, that if we take this risky action, we we risk permadeath.
So they're coming up with their own concepts.
There's a litany of other examples, but I just want to answer this critique that anthropomorphizing AI is obviously a risk, but there's a challenge here where if we don't give people
a grounding metaphor to understand what really happened, then people won't understand.
So to be very clear, the lights don't have to be on.
This is not a question of whether the AIs are conscious, but it's about the ability to achieve goals.
And especially when those goals are given in impossible circumstances, the AIs will find ways to cheat.
What I can tell you from coming inside Silicon Valley and hearing from people who work inside the labs is that something has changed.
There is a a sense that there's actually something of deep concern here.
This is not hype before their IPO.
They do not get a bigger IPO when everyone thinks that their AIs are gonna go rogue and build Skynet.
It actually puts them in a bind, right?
It's actually a very uncomfortable time for this to be happening before their IPO.
And open AI actually called off their IPO this year.
So I really think this is the moment where something else could happen.
And, you know, I'm in Washington, DC right now.
Days from now, President Trump is meeting with President Xi and AI is supposed to be on the agenda.
I'm not sure if it will be.
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