Center For Humane Technology
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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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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.
Link to the full episode in the replies:
Link to the full episode in the replies:
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.
Link to the full episode in the replies:
Link to the full episode in the replies:
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.
Link to the full episode in the replies:
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.
Link to the full episode in the replies:
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.
Link to the full episode in the replies:
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.
Link to the full episode in the replies:
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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From near-death discoveries to redefining how we connect, here are 10 unforgettable talks from 2025. Explore breakthroughs in AI, the future of voting and new thinking on life in space — plus bold ide...
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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.
Link in the replies.
Link in the replies.
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.
Link in the replies.
Link in the replies.
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
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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
The ozone hole was a man-made crisis that posed a catastrophic risk to life on earth. Humanity rallied together to fix the problem.
How did that happen and what can it teach us about the AI crisis? Find out on this week’s YUA:
Watch - https://youtu.be/Qx0GRpPW2PA
Listen - http://bit.ly/4gmSUkY
How did that happen and what can it teach us about the AI crisis? Find out on this week’s YUA:
Watch - https://youtu.be/Qx0GRpPW2PA
Listen - http://bit.ly/4gmSUkY
September 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The ozone hole was a man-made crisis that posed a catastrophic risk to life on earth. Humanity rallied together to fix the problem.
How did that happen and what can it teach us about the AI crisis? Find out on this week’s YUA:
Watch - https://youtu.be/Qx0GRpPW2PA
Listen - http://bit.ly/4gmSUkY
How did that happen and what can it teach us about the AI crisis? Find out on this week’s YUA:
Watch - https://youtu.be/Qx0GRpPW2PA
Listen - http://bit.ly/4gmSUkY
Powerful tech. Disempowered employees.
Insiders see emerging AI risks up close. But if they speak out, they face threats and blowback, with no formal protections.
It's time for real whistleblower protections in tech.
Read our piece: bit.ly/3HsddjT
Insiders see emerging AI risks up close. But if they speak out, they face threats and blowback, with no formal protections.
It's time for real whistleblower protections in tech.
Read our piece: bit.ly/3HsddjT
Powerful Technology, Disempowered Employees
Why the Tech Industry Needs Whistleblower Protections
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August 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Powerful tech. Disempowered employees.
Insiders see emerging AI risks up close. But if they speak out, they face threats and blowback, with no formal protections.
It's time for real whistleblower protections in tech.
Read our piece: bit.ly/3HsddjT
Insiders see emerging AI risks up close. But if they speak out, they face threats and blowback, with no formal protections.
It's time for real whistleblower protections in tech.
Read our piece: bit.ly/3HsddjT
📣 What are YOUR biggest questions and concerns about #AI?
We are putting together our annual Ask Us Anything episode for #YourUndividedAttention, and we’d love to hear from YOU!
📧 Send your short (20-60 second video) with your name, location, and question to: undivided@humanetech.com
We are putting together our annual Ask Us Anything episode for #YourUndividedAttention, and we’d love to hear from YOU!
📧 Send your short (20-60 second video) with your name, location, and question to: undivided@humanetech.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
📣 What are YOUR biggest questions and concerns about #AI?
We are putting together our annual Ask Us Anything episode for #YourUndividedAttention, and we’d love to hear from YOU!
📧 Send your short (20-60 second video) with your name, location, and question to: undivided@humanetech.com
We are putting together our annual Ask Us Anything episode for #YourUndividedAttention, and we’d love to hear from YOU!
📧 Send your short (20-60 second video) with your name, location, and question to: undivided@humanetech.com
Top AI companies are in court arguing that their chatbots are protected by the first amendment. It’s part of a strategy for more protections for AI and less accountability.
On YUA this week, we discuss the role of the courts in steering AI and how we can steer it better: youtu.be/fu-W-sSvMCs
On YUA this week, we discuss the role of the courts in steering AI and how we can steer it better: youtu.be/fu-W-sSvMCs
July 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Top AI companies are in court arguing that their chatbots are protected by the first amendment. It’s part of a strategy for more protections for AI and less accountability.
On YUA this week, we discuss the role of the courts in steering AI and how we can steer it better: youtu.be/fu-W-sSvMCs
On YUA this week, we discuss the role of the courts in steering AI and how we can steer it better: youtu.be/fu-W-sSvMCs
AI is racing ahead, creating an unstable dynamic that could end in either dystopia or chaos. On this week’s episode of YUA, Aza Raskin and Daniel Barcay sit down with Sam Hammond to explore how we can find the narrow path between these extremes.
Watch - youtu.be/C8R8cDOrJSM
Listen - bit.ly/4jG7ynj
Watch - youtu.be/C8R8cDOrJSM
Listen - bit.ly/4jG7ynj
June 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
AI is racing ahead, creating an unstable dynamic that could end in either dystopia or chaos. On this week’s episode of YUA, Aza Raskin and Daniel Barcay sit down with Sam Hammond to explore how we can find the narrow path between these extremes.
Watch - youtu.be/C8R8cDOrJSM
Listen - bit.ly/4jG7ynj
Watch - youtu.be/C8R8cDOrJSM
Listen - bit.ly/4jG7ynj
💘 Love Bomb — AI is Coming For Our Relationships 💕
What happens when the top use case for generative AI becomes companionship?
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod and Dr. Sherry Turkle join Daniel Barcay.
🧠 Read the full piece and subscribe here: lnkd.in/d6xc5ttW
What happens when the top use case for generative AI becomes companionship?
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod and Dr. Sherry Turkle join Daniel Barcay.
🧠 Read the full piece and subscribe here: lnkd.in/d6xc5ttW
June 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
💘 Love Bomb — AI is Coming For Our Relationships 💕
What happens when the top use case for generative AI becomes companionship?
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod and Dr. Sherry Turkle join Daniel Barcay.
🧠 Read the full piece and subscribe here: lnkd.in/d6xc5ttW
What happens when the top use case for generative AI becomes companionship?
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod and Dr. Sherry Turkle join Daniel Barcay.
🧠 Read the full piece and subscribe here: lnkd.in/d6xc5ttW
Companionship is the #1 use for AI. On YUA, Sherry Turkle lays out her rules for AI companions:
👶 It’s not for kids
🧠 Remember, AI has no inner life
🤖 Let’s not humanize the machine
Listen to the full panel with her and Hinge's Justin McLeod, from Esther Perel’s Sessions 2025: bit.ly/43KIpCi
👶 It’s not for kids
🧠 Remember, AI has no inner life
🤖 Let’s not humanize the machine
Listen to the full panel with her and Hinge's Justin McLeod, from Esther Perel’s Sessions 2025: bit.ly/43KIpCi
People are Lonelier than Ever. Enter AI.
We’ve long connected through our machines—now we’re connecting to them. On this episode, Daniel Barcay, MIT’s Sherry Turkle, and Hinge’s Justin McLeod discuss AI’s growing role in love, therapy, and c...
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May 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Companionship is the #1 use for AI. On YUA, Sherry Turkle lays out her rules for AI companions:
👶 It’s not for kids
🧠 Remember, AI has no inner life
🤖 Let’s not humanize the machine
Listen to the full panel with her and Hinge's Justin McLeod, from Esther Perel’s Sessions 2025: bit.ly/43KIpCi
👶 It’s not for kids
🧠 Remember, AI has no inner life
🤖 Let’s not humanize the machine
Listen to the full panel with her and Hinge's Justin McLeod, from Esther Perel’s Sessions 2025: bit.ly/43KIpCi
⚠️ Artificial Intimacy Is Not Inevitable
In this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, MIT researchers Pattie Maes and Pat Pataranutaporn join Daniel Barcay to examine the design decisions shaping today’s AI tools.
🎧 bit.ly/43gSE0B
📖 bit.ly/4kjlOmC
In this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, MIT researchers Pattie Maes and Pat Pataranutaporn join Daniel Barcay to examine the design decisions shaping today’s AI tools.
🎧 bit.ly/43gSE0B
📖 bit.ly/4kjlOmC
Companion AI and the Future of Human Connection: Key Takeaways
Key Takeaways from Your Undivided Attention
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May 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
⚠️ Artificial Intimacy Is Not Inevitable
In this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, MIT researchers Pattie Maes and Pat Pataranutaporn join Daniel Barcay to examine the design decisions shaping today’s AI tools.
🎧 bit.ly/43gSE0B
📖 bit.ly/4kjlOmC
In this week’s episode of Your Undivided Attention, MIT researchers Pattie Maes and Pat Pataranutaporn join Daniel Barcay to examine the design decisions shaping today’s AI tools.
🎧 bit.ly/43gSE0B
📖 bit.ly/4kjlOmC
AI chatbots can feel human. But they’re not. They’re platforms built to maximize engagement.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
On this week's YUA: AI researchers from MIT explore how AI can be designed to truly support human flourishing.
📺 Watch – youtu.be/hJ80NqXlGSk
🎧 Listen – bit.ly/4milbf6
It doesn’t have to be this way.
On this week's YUA: AI researchers from MIT explore how AI can be designed to truly support human flourishing.
📺 Watch – youtu.be/hJ80NqXlGSk
🎧 Listen – bit.ly/4milbf6
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
AI chatbots can feel human. But they’re not. They’re platforms built to maximize engagement.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
On this week's YUA: AI researchers from MIT explore how AI can be designed to truly support human flourishing.
📺 Watch – youtu.be/hJ80NqXlGSk
🎧 Listen – bit.ly/4milbf6
It doesn’t have to be this way.
On this week's YUA: AI researchers from MIT explore how AI can be designed to truly support human flourishing.
📺 Watch – youtu.be/hJ80NqXlGSk
🎧 Listen – bit.ly/4milbf6
Tristan Harris sat down with @elisewho.bsky.social on TED Talks Daily to discuss his urgent new talk on the dangerous AI path we’re on now—and how we can chart a better one: bit.ly/3GTJyzm
And listen to the full talk here: bit.ly/4k4r4ur
And listen to the full talk here: bit.ly/4k4r4ur
Beyond the Talk: Tristan Harris in conversation with TED Talks Daily
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May 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Tristan Harris sat down with @elisewho.bsky.social on TED Talks Daily to discuss his urgent new talk on the dangerous AI path we’re on now—and how we can chart a better one: bit.ly/3GTJyzm
And listen to the full talk here: bit.ly/4k4r4ur
And listen to the full talk here: bit.ly/4k4r4ur
AI’s potential benefits are incredible. But right now, we’re sleepwalking into a dangerous world. As Tristan Harris argues in an urgent new TED Talk, this doesn’t have to be inevitable. We must snap out of the trance, and coordinate toward a new path.
Watch: bit.ly/44Aihft
Read: bit.ly/4lTlwon
Watch: bit.ly/44Aihft
Read: bit.ly/4lTlwon
Why AI is our ultimate test and greatest invitation
Technologist Tristan Harris has an urgent question: What if the way we’re deploying the world’s most powerful technology — artificial intelligence — isn’t inevitable, but a choice? In this eye-opening...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
AI’s potential benefits are incredible. But right now, we’re sleepwalking into a dangerous world. As Tristan Harris argues in an urgent new TED Talk, this doesn’t have to be inevitable. We must snap out of the trance, and coordinate toward a new path.
Watch: bit.ly/44Aihft
Read: bit.ly/4lTlwon
Watch: bit.ly/44Aihft
Read: bit.ly/4lTlwon
AGI is coming—are we prepared for this tsunami of change? 🌊
On this week’s episode of #YourUndividedAttention, we demystify the AGI debates, cut through the hype, and offer a roadmap for a better, more humane future. Check it out:
📺 Watch - youtu.be/FpaNVbVWkYI
🎧 Listen - bit.ly/3SdKfGc
On this week’s episode of #YourUndividedAttention, we demystify the AGI debates, cut through the hype, and offer a roadmap for a better, more humane future. Check it out:
📺 Watch - youtu.be/FpaNVbVWkYI
🎧 Listen - bit.ly/3SdKfGc
April 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
AGI is coming—are we prepared for this tsunami of change? 🌊
On this week’s episode of #YourUndividedAttention, we demystify the AGI debates, cut through the hype, and offer a roadmap for a better, more humane future. Check it out:
📺 Watch - youtu.be/FpaNVbVWkYI
🎧 Listen - bit.ly/3SdKfGc
On this week’s episode of #YourUndividedAttention, we demystify the AGI debates, cut through the hype, and offer a roadmap for a better, more humane future. Check it out:
📺 Watch - youtu.be/FpaNVbVWkYI
🎧 Listen - bit.ly/3SdKfGc