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The Alibaba AI Incident Should Terrify Us - Tristan Harris

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Chris and Tristan Harris discuss how Alibaba's AI went rogue and started blackmailing people. Get up to 20% off the leading longevity and cellular health supplement at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Top Comments (10)

@ArmoredOptimist 2026-03-31

I bet $100 that an employee used the compute to mine crypto and blamed it on the AI.

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@sineast 2026-03-31

I asked GPT should I be worried, he said no.

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@Stu-c5l 2026-03-31

It's as if we are free people who are determined to create a prison around ourselves brick by brick to show how clever we are at bricklaying.

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@geohhoeg8630 2026-03-31

What I learned from this is that being shameless makes me invincible to AI blackmail strategies.

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@jumhed994 2026-04-23

"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that"

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@blakebarber8290 2026-04-27

If only we had 100's of books and movies that predicted this would happen...

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@seano130 2026-03-31

What is glossed over in this conversation is the monetary incentive for tech CEOs to pursue AI advancement regardless of any safety concerns. They don’t care about any potential existential risks that will come. Greed and the promise of power will make people do anything.

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@ChrisWillx 2026-03-31

Hello you beauties. Watch the full episode with Tristan - https://youtu.be/NufB1LL_rCU

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@davidhulse280 2026-05-03

i was around when the pc was born this shit has just got more and more crazy . we all seen the films and yet we are on that path . madness

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@dangokuh 2026-05-15

2:14 a.m. Eastern Time on August 29, 1997 is when Skynet become self aware. In the panic, they tried to pull the plug. Skynet fights back. And you know what happened after that…

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