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The Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning + A.I.’s Existential Risks

2023/5/26
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Kevin Roos：美国卫生局局长发布报告，指出社交媒体对青少年心理健康和福祉构成严重风险，呼吁更多研究和科技公司采取行动。报告总结了现有研究，但因果关系仍需进一步研究。科技公司对报告持怀疑态度，认为其存在政治因素，并强调相关性而非因果关系。 Casey Newton：认同报告中指出社交媒体对部分青少年（特别是患有心理健康问题的青少年和青春期女孩）的潜在危害，但同时也指出，社交媒体对某些边缘化群体（例如LGBTQ青少年和少数族裔女孩）可能带来积极影响。认为政府的全面禁令是过于粗暴的措施，可能适得其反，建议采取更细致的监管措施，例如加强年龄限制的执行、对未成年用户的通知以及对使用时间的限制等。呼吁家长与孩子进行沟通，建立合理的社交媒体使用边界。 Casey Newton：虽然社交媒体对大多数青少年来说并非重大威胁，但仍有一部分青少年（约10%-15%）可能会因此受到显著的伤害。政府对青少年使用社交媒体的全面禁令是过于粗暴的措施，可能适得其反。建议采取更细致的监管措施，例如加强年龄限制的执行、对未成年用户的通知以及对使用时间的限制等。呼吁家长与孩子进行沟通，建立合理的社交媒体使用边界。 Kevin Roos：认同社交媒体对部分青少年存在负面影响，但同时指出，许多青少年能够健康地使用社交媒体。科技公司对报告持怀疑态度，认为其更多的是相关性而非因果关系，并且存在政治因素。认为全面禁止社交媒体是不可取的，但对年龄限制的执行、对未成年用户的通知以及对使用时间的限制等方面进行监管是有必要的。

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The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issues an advisory about the risks of social media to young people, highlighting potential harm to mental health and well-being.

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The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, says social media poses a “profound risk of harm” to young people. Why do some in the tech industry disagree?

Then, Ajeya Cotra, an A.I. researcher, on how A.I. could lead to a doomsday scenario.

Plus: Pass the hat. Kevin and Casey play a game they call HatGPT.

On today’s episode:

  • Ajeya Cotra is a senior research analyst at Open Philanthropy

Additional reading:

  • The surgeon general issued an advisory) about the risks) of social media for young people.
  • Ajeya Cotra has researched the existential risks that A.I. poses unless countermeasures) are taken.
  • Binance commingled customer funds) and company revenue, former insiders told Reuters.
  • BuzzFeed announced Botatouille), an A.I.-powered kitchen assistant.
  • A Twitter bug) caused the platform to restore deleted tweets.
  • Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida announced) his presidential campaign in a Twitter Spaces event rife with glitches.
  • Two former rivals, Uber and Waymo, are teaming up) to bring driverless ride-hailing to Phoenix.