Is Marques Brownlee the Most Powerful Man in Tech?
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What are the implications of the TikTok ban?
So I'll tell you one of the funniest stories actually that I've heard from the halls of Congress. You know, in and around the TikTok ban, all these Congress people, the senators and, you know, they're like, we're going to ban TikTok, we're going to ban TikTok. And they have this huge meeting about TikTok, right? Apparently what happens is, One of the sentences goes to like one of the people at TikTok and is like, this app is disgusting. It's making people hate other people and it's anti-American and it's all of this. And then he goes, and look at this. Look at the salacious content that it's showing people. And he pulls up his For You page, right? And he goes, look at the things that it shows you. Children are seeing these images.
And then the person from TikTok very kindly had to say, No, I'm sorry, sir. That algorithm is based on what you like looking at. And so all of these titties that you're seeing are an indication of like how you live. This is What Now? with Trevor Noah.
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Thanks for having me.
I'll admit, I've been a fan of yours for a very long time. So this is a selfish podcast. This almost has nothing to do with anything except for my love of tech and my love of what you do. If I think about what this conversation would have been, let's say, I don't know, 10 years ago, it would have just been about gadgets. I'd be like, hey Marques, what do you think of the Galaxy? Which one do you think we should get? Oh, what do you think of the HTC? And then maybe like five years ago, I would have been like, VR, what do you think? We're going with the Vive. What do you think we're going to do? How do you rate the Oculus? I think that's what it would have been. Now I feel like tech has become the forefront of everything that everyone talks about.
Tech used to be the realm of like tech nerds. And then now even like a mom who's not connected to tech. And yes, I'm looking at you, Christiana. is going, what is AI? What is my phone doing? What is technology? Maybe that's the first question I have for you is like, what has it been like being arguably the most influential person in the world of tech and watching tech go from being a niche conversation to something that even like senators and presidents are talking about now.
I felt lucky, first of all, as like a content creator that the topic of my videos is ever evolving and it's ever interesting. So I don't have to be interesting. It's just the tech that always changes. Yeah. But you're right. The conversations in especially our political atmosphere, like there's way more tech on the tips of people's tongues. I just made a video about AI and everyone's talking about AI now. It's everywhere. So it is, I think how I describe it is the weight of the publish button is a little heavier, but it's a good place to be.
So here's what I think about AI. And I'd love to know how you see it because you've had such an interesting journey with it. Like- I think AI is experiencing a weird PR nightmare because many of the people who make AI are trying to promise that AI can do everything and will do everything.
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