Ep 141: Artificial intelligence, and incentivized ignorance

In a social environment in which what one *should* think is considered obvious, most people don’t know what they *actually* think because the cost of knowing what you think becomes ostracization or silence. Show Notes: 1:08 - ChatGPT 7:20 - Technological impact 11:45 - Information bubbles 14:39 - Shaping A.I. 17:45 - First-hand perception 20:39 - Social contract 23:47 - Twitter files 27:14 - Information suppression 30:38 - Incentivized ignorance 36:56 - Self-censorship 42:13 - Societal renewal 47:42 - Knowledge repeating 54:30 - Honest ideas 1:02:02 - Disagreeability Resources: ChatGPT openapi.com HER | Movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/ Hunter Biden’s Laptop | NY Post https://nypost.com/2022/11/21/cbs-confirms-hunter-biden-laptop-is-real-769-days-after-post-broke-story/ Power of the Powerless | Vaclav Havel https://www.amazon.com/Power-Powerless-Citizens-Against-Central/dp/0873327616