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Your Undivided Attention

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The Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, Daniel Barcay and Aza Raskin

Join us every other Thursday to understand how new technologies are shaping the way we live, work, and think. Your Undivided Attention is produced by Senior Producer Julia Scott and Researcher/Producer is Joshua Lash. Sasha Fegan is our Executive Producer. We are a member of the TED Audio Collective.

#147

AI and the Future of Work: What You Need to Know

No matter where you sit within the economy, whether you're a CEO or an entry level worker,... more

04 Dec 2025

45 MINS

45:28

04 Dec 2025

#146

Feed Drop: "Into the Machine" with Tobias Rose-Stockwell

This week, we’re bringing you Tristan’s conversation with Tobias Rose-Stockwell on his pod... more

13 Nov 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:59

13 Nov 2025

#145

What if we had fixed social media?

We really enjoyed hearing all of your questions for our annual Ask Us Anything episode. Th... more

06 Nov 2025

16 MINS

16:54

06 Nov 2025

#144

Ask Us Anything 2025

It's been another big year in AI. The AI race has accelerated to breakneck speed, with fro... more

23 Oct 2025

40 MINS

40:53

23 Oct 2025

#143

The Crisis That United Humanity—and Why It Matters for AI

In 1985, scientists in Antarctica discovered a hole in the ozone layer that posed a catast... more

11 Sep 2025

51 MINS

51:47

11 Sep 2025

#142

How OpenAI's ChatGPT Guided a Teen to His Death

Content Warning: This episode contains references to suicide and self-harm. Like millions... more

26 Aug 2025

45 MINS

45:12

26 Aug 2025

#141

“Rogue AI” Used to be a Science Fiction Trope. Not Anymore.

Everyone knows the science fiction tropes of AI systems that go rogue, disobey orders, or ... more

14 Aug 2025

42 MINS

42:11

14 Aug 2025

#140

AI is the Next Free Speech Battleground

Imagine a future where the most persuasive voices in our society aren't human. Where AI ge... more

31 Jul 2025

49 MINS

49:11

31 Jul 2025

#139

Daniel Kokotajlo Forecasts the End of Human Dominance

In 2023, researcher Daniel Kokotajlo left OpenAI—and risked millions in stock options—to w... more

17 Jul 2025

38 MINS

38:19

17 Jul 2025

#138

Is AI Productivity Worth Our Humanity? with Prof. Michael Sandel

Tech leaders promise that AI automation will usher in an age of unprecedented abundance: c... more

26 Jun 2025

46 MINS

46:45

26 Jun 2025

#137

The Narrow Path: Sam Hammond on AI, Institutions, and the Fragile Future

The race to develop ever-more-powerful AI is creating an unstable dynamic. It could lead u... more

12 Jun 2025

47 MINS

47:55

12 Jun 2025

#136

People are Lonelier than Ever. Enter AI.

Over the last few decades, our relationships have become increasingly mediated by technolo... more

30 May 2025

43 MINS

43:34

30 May 2025

#135

Echo Chambers of One: Companion AI and the Future of Human Connection

AI companion chatbots are here. Everyday, millions of people log on to AI platforms and ta... more

15 May 2025

42 MINS

42:17

15 May 2025

#134

AGI Beyond the Buzz: What Is It, and Are We Ready?

What does it really mean to ‘feel the AGI?’ Silicon Valley is racing toward AI systems tha... more

30 Apr 2025

52 MINS

52:53

30 Apr 2025

#133

Rethinking School in the Age of AI

AI has upended schooling as we know it. Students now have instant access to tools that can... more

21 Apr 2025

42 MINS

42:35

21 Apr 2025

#132

Forever Chemicals, Forever Consequences: What PFAS Teaches Us About AI

Artificial intelligence is set to unleash an explosion of new technologies and discoveries... more

03 Apr 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:33

03 Apr 2025

#131

Weaponizing Uncertainty: How Tech is Recycling Big Tobacco’s Playbook

One of the hardest parts about being human today is navigating uncertainty. When we see ex... more

20 Mar 2025

51 MINS

51:20

20 Mar 2025

#130

The Man Who Predicted the Downfall of Thinking

Few thinkers were as prescient about the role technology would play in our society as the ... more

06 Mar 2025

58 MINS

58:57

06 Mar 2025

#129

Behind the DeepSeek Hype, AI is Learning to Reason

When Chinese AI company DeepSeek announced they had built a model that could compete with ... more

20 Feb 2025

31 MINS

31:34

20 Feb 2025

#128

The Self-Preserving Machine: Why AI Learns to Deceive

When engineers design AI systems, they don't just give them rules - they give them values.... more

30 Jan 2025

34 MINS

34:51

30 Jan 2025

#127

Laughing at Power: A Troublemaker’s Guide to Changing Tech

The status quo of tech today is untenable: we’re addicted to our devices, we’ve become inc... more

16 Jan 2025

45 MINS

45:47

16 Jan 2025

#126

Ask Us Anything 2024

2024 was a critical year in both AI and social media. Things moved so fast it was hard to ... more

19 Dec 2024

40 MINS

40:04

19 Dec 2024

#125

The Tech-God Complex: Why We Need to be Skeptics

Silicon Valley's interest in AI is driven by more than just profit and innovation. There’s... more

21 Nov 2024

46 MINS

46:32

21 Nov 2024

#124

What Can We Do About Abusive Chatbots? With Meetali Jain and Camille Carlton

CW: This episode features discussion of suicide and sexual abuse. In the last episode, we... more

07 Nov 2024

48 MINS

48:44

07 Nov 2024

#123

When the "Person" Abusing Your Child is a Chatbot: The Tragic Story of Sewell Setzer

Content Warning: This episode contains references to suicide, self-harm, and sexual abuse.... more

24 Oct 2024

49 MINS

49:10

24 Oct 2024

#122

Is It AI? One Tool to Tell What’s Real with Truemedia.org CEO Oren Etzioni

Social media disinformation did enormous damage to our shared idea of reality. Now, the ri... more

10 Oct 2024

25 MINS

25:36

10 Oct 2024

#121

'A Turning Point in History': Yuval Noah Harari on AI’s Cultural Takeover

Historian Yuval Noah Harari says that we are at a critical turning point. One in which AI’... more

07 Oct 2024

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:41

07 Oct 2024

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#147

AI and the Future of Work: What You Need to Know

#146

Feed Drop: "Into the Machine" with Tobias Rose-Stockwell

#145

What if we had fixed social media?

#144

Ask Us Anything 2025

#143

The Crisis That United Humanity—and Why It Matters for AI

#142

How OpenAI's ChatGPT Guided a Teen to His Death

#141

“Rogue AI” Used to be a Science Fiction Trope. Not Anymore.

#140

AI is the Next Free Speech Battleground

#139

Daniel Kokotajlo Forecasts the End of Human Dominance

#138

Is AI Productivity Worth Our Humanity? with Prof. Michael Sandel

#137

The Narrow Path: Sam Hammond on AI, Institutions, and the Fragile Future

#136

People are Lonelier than Ever. Enter AI.

#135

Echo Chambers of One: Companion AI and the Future of Human Connection

#134

AGI Beyond the Buzz: What Is It, and Are We Ready?

#133

Rethinking School in the Age of AI

#132

Forever Chemicals, Forever Consequences: What PFAS Teaches Us About AI

#131

Weaponizing Uncertainty: How Tech is Recycling Big Tobacco’s Playbook

#130

The Man Who Predicted the Downfall of Thinking

#129

Behind the DeepSeek Hype, AI is Learning to Reason

#128

The Self-Preserving Machine: Why AI Learns to Deceive

#127

Laughing at Power: A Troublemaker’s Guide to Changing Tech

#126

Ask Us Anything 2024

#125

The Tech-God Complex: Why We Need to be Skeptics

#124

What Can We Do About Abusive Chatbots? With Meetali Jain and Camille Carlton

#123

When the "Person" Abusing Your Child is a Chatbot: The Tragic Story of Sewell Setzer

#122

Is It AI? One Tool to Tell What’s Real with Truemedia.org CEO Oren Etzioni

#121

'A Turning Point in History': Yuval Noah Harari on AI’s Cultural Takeover