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In praise of the United Nations
Anything as ambitious as the UN will inevitably be imperfect, but we should be rooting for it anyway.
 • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tech Optimism: Non-Broligarch Edition
Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly Hall was a true life highlight 🤩
 • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
4:27
Announcing the Creators' Coalition on AI
Technology should strengthen human creativity, not undermine it.
 • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2:05
"Parents Need To Parent"
Parents should be doing all they can to keep kids off of predatory, addictive algorithms. And yet, can 100% of the responsibility be put on parents? Or…
 • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
7:07
If AI businesses use your content or data, HOW should you be paid?
A rough sketch of how consent and compensation could actually work for GenAI training data.
 • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
AI companies are robbing everyone
California AB-412 would force AI companies to be transparent about what data they’ve taken to build their models.
 • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
1:27
Stacey Abrams on movies, religion, and the future of democracy
Btw, she just put out her 14th novel! And it’s about AI…
 • Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Stacey Abrams
42:57
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