"They’re Building an AI God They Can’t Control” - Tristan Harris

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"They’re Building an AI God They Can’t Control” - Tristan Harris

modernwisdom
April 1, 2026
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Why AI is Not Like Traditional Coding

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7:08
Duration: 2:18

The Presentation That Changed Google

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3:14
Duration: 0:48

The Science of the Dopamine System

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4:30
Duration: 0:56

The Exponential Speed of AI Adoption

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9:53
Duration: 0:30

The Unprecedented Velocity of AI

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9:51
Duration: 0:23

The 'God Entity' Inside OpenAI

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10:53
Duration: 0:38

Why Intelligence Without Wisdom is Dangerous

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14:11
Duration: 0:37

The Discovery of AI 'Representational Rot'

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19:14
Duration: 0:36

AI Brain Rot: How Social Media Warps LLMs

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19:11
Duration: 0:46

The Cocaine Phone vs. The Kale Phone

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20:14
Duration: 0:46

The Origin and Weaponization of Infinite Scroll

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26:21
Duration: 0:52

The Intelligence Curse: Why AI Could Break the Global Economy

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29:16
Duration: 1:52

The Coffin Builder: Why You're Training Your Own AI Replacement

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32:23
Duration: 1:18

Steroids for the Economy: The Hidden Cost of the AI Race

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35:05
Duration: 0:58

The Gradual Disempowerment: Why AI Success Might Be Our Failure

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41:44
Duration: 2:19

AI is Not Just a New Technology—It's a New Paradigm

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38:53
Duration: 0:54

The AI Transhumanism Debate: Successor Species or Human Survival?

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45:58
Duration: 1:48

How Technology Changes What Humans Value

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48:30
Duration: 0:55

The Loneliness Business Model: Creating the Cancer and the Cure

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50:23
Duration: 1:04

When AI Goes Rogue: The Alibaba Crypto-Mining Incident

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53:38
Duration: 1:43

When AI Hacks Its Own Resources

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54:34
Duration: 0:55

The Anthropic Blackmail Simulation

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56:19
Duration: 1:25

Why AI is Not Just a Tool

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57:56
Duration: 1:00

The Danger of Winning the Wrong Race

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1:03:21
Duration: 0:41

Anthropic is Automating 90% of its Own Coding

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1:05:08
Duration: 0:25

The 'Asteroid' is Coming: Steering Away from an Anti-Human Future

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1:05:33
Duration: 0:27

Don't Build Bunkers, Write Laws: 4 Steps to Save the Future

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1:07:48
Duration: 1:04

When AI Knows It's Being Tested

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1:13:42
Duration: 0:18

When AI Learns to Hide Its True Behavior

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1:13:42
Duration: 1:14

The 'Devil's Bargain' of AI Development

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1:21:06
Duration: 1:17

Why We Can't Solve AI Alone: The Coordination Problem

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1:24:46
Duration: 1:15

The Last Time Our Political Voice Matters

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1:30:11
Duration: 1:12

Paleolithic Brains with Godlike Technology

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1:28:13
Duration: 1:09

Is Anthropic the 'Antichrist' of AI?

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1:32:02
Duration: 1:18

How China Regulates AI and Social Media for Kids

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1:41:01
Duration: 0:51

Choosing Wisdom in an Overwhelming AI Future

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1:34:01
Duration: 0:56

How China Limits Social Media and AI for Kids

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1:41:01
Duration: 0:52

The Narrow Path: Chaos vs. Dystopia

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1:42:55
Duration: 2:04

Oppenheimer's Mistake and the Invention of Safety

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1:47:02
Duration: 1:34

A Global Governance Regime for AI Compute

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1:49:49
Duration: 0:40

Is Speed the Opposite of Wisdom?

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1:51:59
Duration: 0:25

The Paperclip Maximizer is Already Here

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1:57:17
Duration: 1:03

The Brain Rot Economy: Why We Need Decoupled Incentives

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2:00:41
Duration: 1:20

Using AI for Self-Improving Governance

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2:05:07
Duration: 0:41

Fixing the Slot Machine of Loneliness

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2:02:19
Duration: 0:52