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Vicki Davis has some pointed words (which which I am in total agreement) on the architects of the supposed AI pause: "Do we not see that unbridled access to social media is also killing their mental health," she writes. "We are algorithmically engineering the demise of a generation and no one is standing up and holding tech giants accountable." While we're talking about killing mental health, I would include television in this list. Davis continues, "So, now we're going to let this group of people shown to exhibit behavior more protective of their self interests than our children determine the future of the human race? I didn't see Apple building any child protection into their devices all these years and now suddenly Steve Wozniak cares about the future of the human race? I'm not saying he doesn't care, but I am saying that we needed to act on algorithms far before now."

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