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Apr 9
28m 32s

Can we be saved from AI?

The Observer
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Meta and YouTube were found liable earlier this year in a social media addiction trial and ordered to pay out $6 million in damages. Could this be a blueprint for how to avoid history repeating itself with AI?


Host: Alexi Mostrous

Producer: Amalie Sortland


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