Reimagining technology – and talking to animals – with Aza Raskin

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🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Years ago, Aza Raskin invented the infinite scroll – and yes, he regrets it. Today, Aza is the co-founder of the Center For Humane Technology and the Earth Species Project. Aza’s work focuses on creating and advocating for ethical technology that benefits collective well-being. For his latest project, he’s looking beyond humanity, using artificial intelligence to decode whale communication and see what lessons we might learn from the animal world. In this expansive conversation, Adam and Aza discuss ways to improve social media, how communicating with other species could change our world, and why everyone – including our governments – needs to upgrade our thinking about an AI world. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective. Stay updated on Everything Business on Ted Business, a podcast hosted by
0:14.3	Columbia Business School Professor Modupe Akenola. Every week she'll introduce
0:18.9	you to leaders with unique insights on work, answering questions like,
0:23.2	how do four day work week's work?
0:25.2	Do will a machine ever take my job?
0:27.6	Get some surprising answers on Ted Business
0:30.0	wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:37.0	Whatever it is that is the solution to humanity's problems, I'd argue it's probably not in our imagination,
0:39.0	because if it was, we'd be doing it.
0:41.0	So what we're looking for are things that are outside the sphere of
0:45.3	human imagination.
0:47.2	Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick with the TED audio collective.
0:57.5	I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
1:05.0	My guest today is Tech Pioneer Aesaraskin.
1:11.0	As co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, he's a leading advocate for the responsible
1:15.9	reimagining of the digital world to prevent polarization and promote well-being.
1:21.1	Aiza's work focuses on solving some of the biggest collective problems of our age,
1:25.6	especially as our tech rapidly evolves.
1:28.0	AI is like the invention of the telescope, and when he invented the telescope we learned that Earth was not the center.
1:35.6	I've been thinking a lot about the implications of what happens when a AI teaches us that
1:42.3	humanity is not the center.
1:44.7	If you don't know Aza by name, you know some of his creations.
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