The Slow Newscast Can we be saved from AI?
Apr 9, 2026
Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and creator of infinite scroll, and Patricia Clarke, award-winning tech reporter for The Observer, dig into design liability after a $6M verdict. They explore how product design fuels harm, practical fixes like added friction and accountability, and whether AI companions and chatbots can be regulated and made safer.
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Make Executives Share The Product Experience
- Force executives to experience their products personally to align incentives, for example requiring CEOs' children to use the product.
- Aza suggests 'skin in the game' changes decisions because many tech leaders limit their own children's exposure.
Use Latency As A Policy Lever
- Regulate attention by changing incentives: introduce latency and other frictions as policy levers.
- Aza points to industry data (sub‑100ms latency affects revenue) showing speed directly ties to engagement.
Design Liability Is The New Legal Frontier
- The Meta/YouTube legal ruling re-frames liability from user content to product design, exposing companies for attention-maximizing features.
- That shift enables many lawsuits and injunctive relief forcing product changes, not just fines.