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The Social Dilemma

We can do genetic engineeringand develop new kinds of human beings, but realistically...

[continues speaking indistinctly] [camera shutter clicks] [Tristan] We can do genetic engineering
and develop new kinds of human beings, but realistically speaking,
you're living inside of hardware, a brain, that was, like, millions of years old, and then there's this screen, and then
on the opposite side of the screen, there's these thousands of engineers
and supercomputers that have goals that are different
than your goals, and so, who's gonna win in that game?
Who's gonna win?

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[Tristan] We can do genetic engineering and develop new kinds of human beings,
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but realistically speaking, you're living inside of hardware, a brain,
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that was, like, millions of years old,
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and then there's this screen, and then on the opposite side of the screen,
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there's these thousands of engineers and supercomputers
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that have goals that are different than your goals,
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and so, who's gonna win in that game? Who's gonna win?
Duration
32 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:49
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, drama
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
No. Something's very wrong. Let's switch to resurrection mode. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
No. Something's very wrong. Let's switch to resurr...
[Tristan] When you think of AI, you know, an AI's gonna ruin the world, - The Social Dilemma 00:09
[Tristan] When you think of AI, you know, an AI's gonna...
[Tristan] You see drones, and you think, like, - The Social Dilemma 00:12
[Tristan] You see drones, and you think, like,
Even talking about "an AI" is just a metaphor. - The Social Dilemma 00:04
Even talking about "an AI" is just a metaphor.
At these companies like... like Google, there's just massive, massive rooms, - The Social Dilemma 00:12
At these companies like... like Google, there's just ma...
Tons and tons of computers, as far as the eye can see. - The Social Dilemma 00:04
Tons and tons of computers, as far as the eye can see.
They're deeply interconnected with each other - The Social Dilemma 00:09
They're deeply interconnected with each other
And they'll be running many different programs, - The Social Dilemma 00:05
And they'll be running many different programs,
Some of those things could be described as simple algorithms, - The Social Dilemma 00:07
Some of those things could be described as simple algorithms...
[crew member sighs] - The Social Dilemma 00:06
[crew member sighs]
Algorithms are optimized to some definition of success. - The Social Dilemma 00:04
Algorithms are optimized to some definition of success.
So, if you can imagine, - The Social Dilemma 00:10
So, if you can imagine,
You are giving the computer the goal state, "I want this outcome," - The Social Dilemma 00:08
You are giving the computer the goal state, "I want thi...
And so, every day, it gets slightly better - The Social Dilemma 00:08
And so, every day, it gets slightly better
And no one really understands what they're doing - The Social Dilemma 00:05
And no one really understands what they're doing
The algorithm has a mind of its own, so even though a person writes it, - The Social Dilemma 00:12
The algorithm has a mind of its own, so even though a person...
There's only a handful of people at these companies, - The Social Dilemma 00:06
There's only a handful of people at these companies,
There's only a few people who understand how those systems work, - The Social Dilemma 00:10
There's only a few people who understand how those syst...
So, as humans, we've almost lost control over these systems. - The Social Dilemma 00:07
So, as humans, we've almost lost control over these sys...
Because they're controlling, you know, the information that we see, - The Social Dilemma 00:07
Because they're controlling, you know, the information ...