Center For Humane Technology
@humanetech.bsky.social
We are builders of technology, policy experts, and acclaimed communicators. Our work focuses on transforming the incentives that drive technology, from social media to artificial intelligence.
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This week on Your Undivided Attention, we’re bringing you Aza Raskin’s conversation with Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger on their podcast “Possible”
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February 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
This week on Your Undivided Attention, we’re bringing you Aza Raskin’s conversation with Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger on their podcast “Possible”
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Center for Humane Technology has launched a new work area:
“AI and What Makes Us Human”
How is AI eroding the things we hold dear in our lives? And what new norms, rights, and protections do we need in order to preserve our humanity in the age of AI?
Read more on our Substack, link in replies.
“AI and What Makes Us Human”
How is AI eroding the things we hold dear in our lives? And what new norms, rights, and protections do we need in order to preserve our humanity in the age of AI?
Read more on our Substack, link in replies.
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Center for Humane Technology has launched a new work area:
“AI and What Makes Us Human”
How is AI eroding the things we hold dear in our lives? And what new norms, rights, and protections do we need in order to preserve our humanity in the age of AI?
Read more on our Substack, link in replies.
“AI and What Makes Us Human”
How is AI eroding the things we hold dear in our lives? And what new norms, rights, and protections do we need in order to preserve our humanity in the age of AI?
Read more on our Substack, link in replies.
Dr. Zak Stein has been studying AI psychosis. He sees the emergence of the attachment economy: AI systems designed to exploit our psychological vulnerabilities at scale.
Read more about Zak’s diagnosis and solutions from his appearance on Your Undivided Attention: https://bit.ly/3NN9m3K
Read more about Zak’s diagnosis and solutions from his appearance on Your Undivided Attention: https://bit.ly/3NN9m3K
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Dr. Zak Stein has been studying AI psychosis. He sees the emergence of the attachment economy: AI systems designed to exploit our psychological vulnerabilities at scale.
Read more about Zak’s diagnosis and solutions from his appearance on Your Undivided Attention: https://bit.ly/3NN9m3K
Read more about Zak’s diagnosis and solutions from his appearance on Your Undivided Attention: https://bit.ly/3NN9m3K
CHT co-founders Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin last night at the premiere of "The AI Doc" at #Sundance. We are so excited to celebrate the incredible collaborative effort that went into this milestone project!
For more info, check out: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
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For more info, check out: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
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January 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
CHT co-founders Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin last night at the premiere of "The AI Doc" at #Sundance. We are so excited to celebrate the incredible collaborative effort that went into this milestone project!
For more info, check out: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
(Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
For more info, check out: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
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Tonight is the premiere of The AI Doc at the #Sundance Film Festival. This doc explores the promise and peril of the most powerful technology humanity has ever wielded.
For more information on screenings, go to: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
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Program Guide | 2025 Sundance Film Festival
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January 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Tonight is the premiere of The AI Doc at the #Sundance Film Festival. This doc explores the promise and peril of the most powerful technology humanity has ever wielded.
For more information on screenings, go to: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
For more information on screenings, go to: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
We’re thrilled that CHT co-founders, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, will be at the #SundanceFilmFestival for the premiere of "The AI Doc" from Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell.
If you want to connect while we’re in Park City, we’d love to hear from you.
For more info: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
If you want to connect while we’re in Park City, we’d love to hear from you.
For more info: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
January 23, 2026 at 2:38 PM
We’re thrilled that CHT co-founders, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, will be at the #SundanceFilmFestival for the premiere of "The AI Doc" from Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell.
If you want to connect while we’re in Park City, we’d love to hear from you.
For more info: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
If you want to connect while we’re in Park City, we’d love to hear from you.
For more info: https://bit.ly/45olxdj
At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, CHT co-founder Tristan Harris sat down with @yoshuabengio.bsky.social for a discussion on the critically important question of how to align AI with human thriving.
For more information on Human Change, go to: https://humanchange.com/
For more information on Human Change, go to: https://humanchange.com/
January 22, 2026 at 7:16 PM
At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, CHT co-founder Tristan Harris sat down with @yoshuabengio.bsky.social for a discussion on the critically important question of how to align AI with human thriving.
For more information on Human Change, go to: https://humanchange.com/
For more information on Human Change, go to: https://humanchange.com/
OpenAI just announced their plans to include ads in ChatGPT. Our executive director Daniel Barcay wrote in @techpolicypress.bsky.social last year about how much of a disaster that's going to be.
Read his diagnosis of the broken incentives behind advertising in AI: https://bit.ly/4b8maeL
Read his diagnosis of the broken incentives behind advertising in AI: https://bit.ly/4b8maeL
Advertising is Coming to AI. It’s Going to Be a Disaster.
Daniel Barcay sounds the alarm on AI chatbots hiding advertising in conversations—and why this threatens autonomy and demands new rules.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
OpenAI just announced their plans to include ads in ChatGPT. Our executive director Daniel Barcay wrote in @techpolicypress.bsky.social last year about how much of a disaster that's going to be.
Read his diagnosis of the broken incentives behind advertising in AI: https://bit.ly/4b8maeL
Read his diagnosis of the broken incentives behind advertising in AI: https://bit.ly/4b8maeL
In this week's episode of YUA, Dr. Zak Stein, founder of the AI Psychological Harms Research Coalition, explores the mechanisms behind AI psychosis, the incentives of the attachment economy, and the path to a future where AI enhances relationships instead of replacing them.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
In this week's episode of YUA, Dr. Zak Stein, founder of the AI Psychological Harms Research Coalition, explores the mechanisms behind AI psychosis, the incentives of the attachment economy, and the path to a future where AI enhances relationships instead of replacing them.
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Our partners at Encode have just launched planforai.org, the go-to website for young people entering the workforce. This is a critical resource to prepare students as they navigate the new uncertainty AI poses for work.
January 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Our partners at Encode have just launched planforai.org, the go-to website for young people entering the workforce. This is a critical resource to prepare students as they navigate the new uncertainty AI poses for work.
We're living in the world game theory built — where every interaction feels strategic and trust feels naive. AI threatens to lock that logic in place forever. How do we escape?
Read the key takeaways from our conversation with Prof. Sonja Amadae on the Game Theory Dilemma:
https://bit.ly/4qZ3mU0
Read the key takeaways from our conversation with Prof. Sonja Amadae on the Game Theory Dilemma:
https://bit.ly/4qZ3mU0
January 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We're living in the world game theory built — where every interaction feels strategic and trust feels naive. AI threatens to lock that logic in place forever. How do we escape?
Read the key takeaways from our conversation with Prof. Sonja Amadae on the Game Theory Dilemma:
https://bit.ly/4qZ3mU0
Read the key takeaways from our conversation with Prof. Sonja Amadae on the Game Theory Dilemma:
https://bit.ly/4qZ3mU0
In this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan and Aza sit down with prof. Sonja Amadae to explore how game theory captured modern life, why it's making the world feel increasingly meaningless, and how we can escape the game theory dilemma.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
In this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan and Aza sit down with prof. Sonja Amadae to explore how game theory captured modern life, why it's making the world feel increasingly meaningless, and how we can escape the game theory dilemma.
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The AI jobs conversation is missing what's already happening. Total employment: stable. Early-career roles in AI-exposed fields: down 13-20%. The career ladder is breaking, not through mass layoffs, but by eliminating how people learn and advance.
Read our latest on AIxJobs. Link in the comments.
Read our latest on AIxJobs. Link in the comments.
December 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The AI jobs conversation is missing what's already happening. Total employment: stable. Early-career roles in AI-exposed fields: down 13-20%. The career ladder is breaking, not through mass layoffs, but by eliminating how people learn and advance.
Read our latest on AIxJobs. Link in the comments.
Read our latest on AIxJobs. Link in the comments.
Our Policy Director Camille Carlton joined the Regulating AI Podcast to discuss the the mental health risks of AI companions, the recent lawsuits against OpenAI and Character AI, and what enforceable AI policy actually looks like.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Our Policy Director Camille Carlton joined the Regulating AI Podcast to discuss the the mental health risks of AI companions, the recent lawsuits against OpenAI and Character AI, and what enforceable AI policy actually looks like.
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Everyone talks about the AI race with China. But are we even racing toward the same thing?
In the latest episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan sits down with Selina Xu and Matt Sheehan to explore the state of Chinese AI development.
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In the latest episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan sits down with Selina Xu and Matt Sheehan to explore the state of Chinese AI development.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Everyone talks about the AI race with China. But are we even racing toward the same thing?
In the latest episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan sits down with Selina Xu and Matt Sheehan to explore the state of Chinese AI development.
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In the latest episode of Your Undivided Attention, Tristan sits down with Selina Xu and Matt Sheehan to explore the state of Chinese AI development.
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Tristan went on the Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway to why kids are bearing the brunt of AI's fastest-moving harms—from AI companions to mental health collapse to the looming jobs crisis—all while the U.S. and China race toward AGI. Link to the full conversation in the replies.
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tristan went on the Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway to why kids are bearing the brunt of AI's fastest-moving harms—from AI companions to mental health collapse to the looming jobs crisis—all while the U.S. and China race toward AGI. Link to the full conversation in the replies.
We're honored that Tristan Harris' TED talk made TED's 10 Essential Ted Talks of 2025. If you haven't seen it yet, the talk explores the dangerous path we're on with AI and the choices still available to us to choose a different one.
https://www.ted.com/playlists/891/10_essential_ted_talks_of_2025
https://www.ted.com/playlists/891/10_essential_ted_talks_of_2025
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December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We're honored that Tristan Harris' TED talk made TED's 10 Essential Ted Talks of 2025. If you haven't seen it yet, the talk explores the dangerous path we're on with AI and the choices still available to us to choose a different one.
https://www.ted.com/playlists/891/10_essential_ted_talks_of_2025
https://www.ted.com/playlists/891/10_essential_ted_talks_of_2025
On this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, Ethan Mollick and Molly Kinder explore what the introduction of AI agents means for workers and why this is the crucial moment, when we still have agency to steer AI toward augmentation instead of pure automation: https://youtu.be/_ygS5DPYZ7E
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December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
On this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, Ethan Mollick and Molly Kinder explore what the introduction of AI agents means for workers and why this is the crucial moment, when we still have agency to steer AI toward augmentation instead of pure automation: https://youtu.be/_ygS5DPYZ7E
The uncertainty around AI and jobs is real. Should I go back to school? Change careers? Is my industry safe?
On the latest episode of YUA, we sat down with professor Ethan Mollick and economist Molly Kinder to get clarity on AI's impact on the labor market. Links in replies.
On the latest episode of YUA, we sat down with professor Ethan Mollick and economist Molly Kinder to get clarity on AI's impact on the labor market. Links in replies.
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The uncertainty around AI and jobs is real. Should I go back to school? Change careers? Is my industry safe?
On the latest episode of YUA, we sat down with professor Ethan Mollick and economist Molly Kinder to get clarity on AI's impact on the labor market. Links in replies.
On the latest episode of YUA, we sat down with professor Ethan Mollick and economist Molly Kinder to get clarity on AI's impact on the labor market. Links in replies.
"When the technology you turn to for objective advice has financial incentives to change your mind, human autonomy itself is at stake."
Our executive director Daniel Barcay wrote about the broken incentives behind monetizing AI and why they're so corrosive to human psychology. Link in replies:
Our executive director Daniel Barcay wrote about the broken incentives behind monetizing AI and why they're so corrosive to human psychology. Link in replies:
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"When the technology you turn to for objective advice has financial incentives to change your mind, human autonomy itself is at stake."
Our executive director Daniel Barcay wrote about the broken incentives behind monetizing AI and why they're so corrosive to human psychology. Link in replies:
Our executive director Daniel Barcay wrote about the broken incentives behind monetizing AI and why they're so corrosive to human psychology. Link in replies:
CHT co-founder Tristan Harris joined Steven Bartlett on Diary of a CEO for a wide-ranging conversation on the broken incentives shaping the AI race, the narrow path to a better future, and why this is THE moment for civic engagement on AI—before our path is decided for us.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
CHT co-founder Tristan Harris joined Steven Bartlett on Diary of a CEO for a wide-ranging conversation on the broken incentives shaping the AI race, the narrow path to a better future, and why this is THE moment for civic engagement on AI—before our path is decided for us.
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CHT is proud to endorse a new framework to address the risks of human-like AI.
Companies can—and should—design AI that maintains clear human-machine boundaries. Link to our statement in the replies.
Companies can—and should—design AI that maintains clear human-machine boundaries. Link to our statement in the replies.
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
CHT is proud to endorse a new framework to address the risks of human-like AI.
Companies can—and should—design AI that maintains clear human-machine boundaries. Link to our statement in the replies.
Companies can—and should—design AI that maintains clear human-machine boundaries. Link to our statement in the replies.
It's been another big year in AI. We tried to make sense of it all in this year's Ask Us Anything! Check it out:
📺 Watch - https://youtu.be/TsXZ5zJ0xRw
🎧 Listen - http://bit.ly/473WY6H
📺 Watch - https://youtu.be/TsXZ5zJ0xRw
🎧 Listen - http://bit.ly/473WY6H
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's been another big year in AI. We tried to make sense of it all in this year's Ask Us Anything! Check it out:
📺 Watch - https://youtu.be/TsXZ5zJ0xRw
🎧 Listen - http://bit.ly/473WY6H
📺 Watch - https://youtu.be/TsXZ5zJ0xRw
🎧 Listen - http://bit.ly/473WY6H
Our friends at Project NoSoNovember are taking action to reclaim our time, mental health, and real-world connections. This November, they’re encouraging people to take a month or shorter break from social media to improve their overall wellbeing. Check out the initiative at http://NoSoNovember.org.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Our friends at Project NoSoNovember are taking action to reclaim our time, mental health, and real-world connections. This November, they’re encouraging people to take a month or shorter break from social media to improve their overall wellbeing. Check out the initiative at http://NoSoNovember.org.
CHT co-founder Tristan Harris returns to "The Daily Show" for an incisive conversation about the reckless AI path we're on, driven by the race to achieve market dominance: "This is an insane way to roll out a technology."
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo
Tristan Harris – The Dangers of Unregulated AI on Humanity & the Workforce | The Daily Show
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October 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
CHT co-founder Tristan Harris returns to "The Daily Show" for an incisive conversation about the reckless AI path we're on, driven by the race to achieve market dominance: "This is an insane way to roll out a technology."
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=675d_6WGPbo