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This is the first episode of AI Vistas, a new series where I bring together people I trust and respect to tackle a major question collectively.
Today’s question: are we in charge of our AI tools, or are they in charge of us?
Joining me are Nita Farahany, distinguished professor of law and philosophy at Duke University and a leading thinker on cognitive liberty and mental privacy; Eric Topol, founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute and one of the world's most cited medical researchers; and Rohit Krishnan, engineer, former hedge fund manager, and AI builder. Moderating the conversation is Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic.
We covered:
(01:33) Introducing AI Vistas
(03:51) The AI agent that made a financial decision mid-drive
(05:48) What does it mean to act autonomously anymore?
(08:42) Why AI harms are rarer than you'd expect
(10:24) When AI outperforms doctors – and why that's complicated
(15:20) Constituent competence: the skill you must never offload
(18:50) De-skilling is already happening
(31:20) What can schools do better?
(42:50) AI slop and "hollow-ware"
(46:40) What is lost when AI does the creating?
(49:18) When a tool gets good enough, we hand it off
(50:11) Deliberate intent: keeping AI as a tool
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