The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast556. How Social Media Is Wrecking Kids' Lives and Stealing Their Childhood | Jonathan HaidtAI Machines Optimizing Human Addiction
37:39–39:52 · 133s
Peterson and Haidt discuss how AI systems are using reinforcement learning to optimize grip of short-term attention, creating machines that are better at addiction than any human behavioral trainer could be. They warn this could lead to a Matrix-like future where people are trapped in solipsistic digital pods.