Ask Us Anything 2025

Your Undivided Attention vor 10 Monaten

The AI race has hit breakneck speed. Autonomous agents are starting to disrupt the workforce. People are forming bonds with chatbots— with tragic consequences. All while tech leaders promise utopia. You had questions. We dove deep to answer them in our an

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It's been another big year in AI. The AI race has accelerated to
breakneck speed, with frontier labs pouring hundreds of billions
into increasingly powerful models—each one smarter, faster, and
more unpredictable than the last. We’re starting to see
disruptions in the workforce as human labor is replaced by
agents. Millions of people, including vulnerable teenagers, are
forming deep emotional bonds with chatbots—with tragic
consequences. Meanwhile, tech leaders continue promising a
utopian future, even as the race dynamics they've created make
that outcome nearly impossible.

It’s enough to make anyone’s head spin. In this year’s Ask Us
Anything, we try to make sense of it all.

You sent us incredible questions, and we dove deep: Why do tech
companies keep racing forward despite the harm? What are the real
incentives driving AI development beyond just profit? How do we
know AGI isn't already here, just hiding its capabilities? What
does a good future with AI actually look like—and what steps do
we take today to get there? Tristan and Aza explore these
questions and more on this week’s episode.

Your Undivided Attention is produced by
the Center for Humane Technology. Follow us on
X: @HumaneTech_. You can find a full transcript, key
takeaways, and much more on our Substack.

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had just released the Vibes app the previous week. Now it’s been
out for about a month.

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