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In our podcast, Your Undivided Attention, co-hosts Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin explore the unprecedented power of emerging technologies: how they fit into our lives, and how they fit into a humane future. Join us every other Thursday as we confront challenges and explore solutions with a wide range of thought leaders and change-makers — like Audrey Tang on digital democracy, neurotechnology with Nita Farahany, getting beyond dystopia with Yuval Noah Harari, and Esther Perel on Artificial Intimacy: the other AI. Your Undivided Attention is produced by Executive Editor Sasha Fegan and Senior Producer Julia Scott. Our Associate Producers are Sara McCrea and Kirsten McMurray. We are a top tech podcast worldwide with more than 20 million downloads and a member of the TED Audio Collective.

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U.S. Senators Grilled Social Media CEOs. Will Anything Change?

2024/02/13

Was it political progress, or political theater? The recent Senate hearing with social media CEOs led to astonishing moments — including Mark Zuckerberg’s public apology to families who lost children following social media abuse. Our panel untangles the explosive hearing, and what might come next.

Taylor Swift is Not Alone: The Deepfake Nightmare Sweeping the Internet

2024/02/01

Ninety-six percent of deep-faked images and videos are sexually explicit and non-consensual. Legal scholar Mary Anne Franks and journalist Laurie Segall discuss the AI-enabled rise in deep fake porn, and what we can do about it.

Can Myth Teach Us Anything About the Race to Build Artificial General Intelligence? With Josh Schrei

2024/01/18

What can tales of mythology and magic teach us about the AI race? Mythologist Josh Schrei explains how looking at foundational cultural stories could guide ethical tech development.

How Will AI Affect the 2024 Elections? with Renee DiResta and Carl Miller

2023/12/21

2024 will be the biggest election year in world history. In this episode, two experts give us a situation report on how AI will increase the risks to our elections and our democracies.

2023 Ask Us Anything

2023/11/30

You asked, we answered. This has been a big year in the world of tech. There are still so many questions in our minds, and we know you have a lot of questions too. So we created this episode for you to ask us anything!

The Promise and Peril of Open Source AI with Elizabeth Seger and Jeffrey Ladish

2023/11/21

As AI development races forward, a fierce debate has emerged over open source AI models. So what does it mean to open-source AI? Are we opening Pandora’s box of catastrophic risks? Or is open-sourcing AI the only way we can democratize its benefits and dilute the power of big tech?

A First Step Toward AI Regulation with Tom Wheeler

2023/11/02

Tristan and Aza discuss President Biden’s executive order on AI with Tom Wheeler, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

No One is Immune to AI Harms with Dr. Joy Buolamwini

2023/10/26

Dr. Joy Buolamwini, the founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, argues that the most urgent risks from AI are algorithmic bias, discrimination, and the concentration of power in tech companies.

Mustafa Suleyman Says We Need to Contain AI. How Do We Do It?

2023/09/28

To reap the benefits of AI, we’re going to need to get good at saying no certain forms of progress for the first time.s. Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Inflection AI, calls for containment as we approach an historic technological threshold, urging regulation before it’s too late.

Inside the First AI Insight Forum in Washington

2023/09/19

Tristan and Aza were invited to speak at Senator Chuck Schumer’s historic AI Insight Forum last week. What are their big takeaways, and what effect do they predict this closed-door meeting will have?

Spotlight on AI: What Would It Take For This to Go Well?

2023/09/12

Where do the top Silicon Valley AI researchers really think AI is headed? Do they have a plan if things go wrong? In this episode, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin reflect on the last several months of highlighting AI risk, and share their insider takes on a high-level workshop run by CHT in Silicon Valley.

The AI ‘Race’: China vs. the US with Jeffrey Ding and Karen Hao

2023/08/31

It’s a common counterpoint: “But what about China? We can’t let China get ahead.” In this episode, experts Jeffrey Ding and Karen Hao explain the realities of Chinese AI development and assess the stakes for the multi-national race.

Read Your Undivided Attention podcast reviews

4.8 out of 5

1250 reviews

elneztor 2024/02/19

A must listen for… anyone!

A thoughtful, critical and insightful show on the relationship between us humans and our technology. A must listen.

Artie_D 2023/12/22

Really insightful and hands-on show

I’m a big fan of Tristan’s work, we need it to avoid catastrophic consequences of unregulated tech for our society. Must listen for all tech entrepren...

LewTherinTelemon 2024/02/08

Podcast is creepy and low quality because of where its funding comes from

I listened to this and wondered how such poor speakers and thinkers ended up with the status they have, so I looked into it. It’s because a) one of th...

Read "Republic, Lost" 2023/10/08

Tremendously Important

If you want to see where we are heading and what can be done to steer us in a better direction, this is the podcast to listen to.

j_a_x_ 2023/07/21

Required Listening

While this information may be disturbing or shocking to some who have been too busy doom scrolling this podcast should be on everyone’s Must Listen Li...

shanacy 2023/09/20

Inside The First AI Insight Forum in Washington

If this is important why do we need a "soundtrack" like this is an episode of This American Life ? Why are you putting music in this story? Why manipu...

M_Rachel_T 2023/07/10

The podcast for our times

This podcast is mandatory listening for anyone living through the onrushing technological upheavals of the 21st century, and it will not waste your ti...

KenChicago 2023/03/25

An important and interesting podcast

These two guys really know their stuff. Their credibility in the technology field is beyond question. They raise crucially important issues for anybod...

Clamy123 2023/05/12

Essential listening, but a recent turn towards hyperbole

The Center for Humane Tech is one of the most valuable projects in existence, and Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin are superb spokesmen. To my mind, this...

SkylinePigeone 2023/02/21

A note of concern regarding the psychedelics episode

I love the show, and up until this episode on psychedelics, haven’t had anything but praise. I just recently listened to the Cover Story/Power Trip po...

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