Casey Newton

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Founder of Platformer, a newsletter on tech platforms and the people they affect, and co-host of the Hard Fork podcast at the New York Times.

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AI alignment 3

No one, including safety researchers themselves, is yet confident that superintelligence can be safely controlled.
AI companies are conflicted messengers when warning about AI safety risks, given their own marketing and regulatory incentives.

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AI and jobs 3

AI, not macroeconomic factors like interest rates, is directly responsible for a significant share of current job losses.
Universal basic income alone will not address the economic gap created by AI-driven job displacement.

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social media 3

YouTube is the most important media platform in the world today.
Regulating harmful social media design features for teens should be decided by legislatures, not left to industry agreements.

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design 2

Platform design choices are not shielded by the First Amendment or Section 230, so companies can be held liable for harmful features.
Regulating harmful social media design features for teens should be decided by legislatures, not left to industry agreements.

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