(Ai assisted summary:) Brief reflections on the potential future of AI and its role in shaping human experience online. While acknowledging hopeful perspectives—such as arguments that AI lacks motivation to act malevolently—the discussion also explores more dystopian possibilities. These include scenarios where centralized AI could manipulate the internet into personalized, edited versions, distorting original content to fit hidden agendas. This leads to raising questions about digital profiling, deepfakes, and whether people would have the discernment to recognize or resist such manipulation. The musings remain open-ended, framing the conversation as a thought experiment on autonomy, trust, and technological power in the AI age.
The podcast I mention:
What Happens When AI Gets Smarter Than Humans? (Shocking Truth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7bh0u1fQyk or https://open.spotify.com/episode/55L2wdcBEtMrf6Q4OZooFb
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