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Writer at @WIRED. Author of NYT bestseller 'Chaos Monkeys'. Formerly @Facebook, @YCombinator, @GoldmanSachs. Yes, I live on a boat and in a yurt. 🇺🇸🇪🇸

Orcas Island, WA
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    1. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 4

      I've never been a Harari fan, but this just scales new heights in vapid prophesizing. Briefly, human notions of free will are obsolete (or even dangerous!) because AI will get to the point it can influence us into doing or buying anything.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/14/yuval-noah-harari-the-new-threat-to-liberal-democracy …

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    2. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 4

      For starters, he mis-characterizes the origins of the concept, claiming it came exclusively out of medieval Christian debates about theodicy. In fact, determinism (if anything) was the unique product there. Greeks and Stoics wrestled with free will extensively.

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    3. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 4

      Then this notion that AI-powered advertising will turn us into will-less zombies. In my "appointed dictator-for-life" fantasy, I order everyone who claims some version of this to sit in front of the Facebook ads-buying UI and try to sell shoes online. They'd change their tune.

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    4. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 4

      Those most vocal in their claims that advertising is this immensely powerful and dangerous technology that can do everything from swing elections to turn you into a zombie, know almost nothing about it. While actual practitioners tend to be far more skeptical of such claims.

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    5. Cristian Nyari‏Verified account @Cnyari Nov 4
      Replying to @antoniogm

      Yuval did mention he doesn't own a smartphone so degree to which the perceived threat is scalable across society through his own experiences may differ from others.

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      Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 4
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      I wish I had the confidence to theorize about things I don't even personally participate in, nor apparently know much about. Look for my next column, which is a review of the Lamborghini Aventador vs. the Ferrari 488 (I've never been inside either).

      10:23 AM - 4 Nov 2018 from Seattle, WA
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        2. Cristian Nyari‏Verified account @Cnyari Nov 4
          Replying to @antoniogm

          HA! In his defense he is a historian and as such prognostication is part of the practice. The extent to which one can accurately do that though is nebulous. I do agree about the disruptive implications of tech/AI at a macro level. Can't even begin to go into details though.

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        3. Eric Seufert‏Verified account @eric_seufert Nov 4
          Replying to @Cnyari @antoniogm

          That’s an inane & fatuous copout. “I’m a historian so I’m supposed to make predictions but I’m a historian so don’t hold me accountable if I don’t fully understand my subject matter”.

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        4. Cristian Nyari‏Verified account @Cnyari Nov 4
          Replying to @eric_seufert @antoniogm

          What about both? Is that acceptable to you?

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        5. Eric Seufert‏Verified account @eric_seufert Nov 4
          Replying to @Cnyari @antoniogm

          Well he does claim both. He was on Sam Harris’ podcast making broad predictions about AI’s impact on society but whenever his technical expertise was tested he hid behind “I’m just a historian!”. I think it’s necessary to understand the fundamentals before prognosticating.

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        6. Cristian Nyari‏Verified account @Cnyari Nov 4
          Replying to @eric_seufert @antoniogm

          I agree. He is not immune from criticism, like any other public intellectual. It's also harder though to write about the future than it is about the past.

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        1. Jeff Jones‏ @jeffbeartooth Nov 4
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          you are the hero we need antonio

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