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Episode 2053 Scott Adams: Depositor Risk, AI Risk, Nigerian Hoaxers, Trump Risk, Huge Power Shift

Real Coffee with Scott Adams

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How Much of Our Economy Depends on Advertising Money?

We have a system that depends on lying for its very survival. How much, how often does advertising actually work? Almost never. So you can't have really smart people in finance, advertising, banking. You need a baseline of ignorance for our entire system to work. It is an existential risk that you make people too smart by AI.

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