Aleks Krotoski
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Aleks Krotoski is an American broadcaster, journalist and social psychologist who writes and broadcasts about the social side of technology.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 22 October 1974, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (a US citizen) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: BA in psychology, Oberlin College (1996); MSc (2004) and PhD (2009) in social psychology, University of Surrey (opens wiqqi.app)
- Television: Co-presented the Channel 4 games show Bits, 1999 to 2001; presented The Virtual Revolution, BBC Two, 2010 (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Developers who promise that their AI agents are us risk creating an unanticipated psychological mess. (opens korrents.com)
“AI agents are handy, but developers run a real danger of creating a whole unanticipated psychological mess by promising that their code is us.”
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People will trust AI clones based on themselves more than generic AI agents, because a clone feels like part of their in-group. (opens korrents.com)
“And this is why I believe we will trust AI clones based on ourselves more than generic AI agents.”
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A distinction between the tool and the self is a necessary precondition for accountability and psychological wellbeing. (opens korrents.com)
“But having some kind of distinction between the tool and the self is a necessary precondition for accountability, and psychological wellbeing.”
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Developers who promise that their AI agents are us risk creating an unanticipated psychological mess. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Life on the Screen (opens rcmnd.app)
“With a book by a professor at MIT called Sherry Turkle: Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet, which was published in 1995.”
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My Tiny Life (opens rcmnd.app)
“It’s called My Tiny Life by a journalist called Julian Dibbell, who is a fascinating observer of online communities.”
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Snow Crash (opens rcmnd.app)
“That’s why I like Snow Crash so much: because it exposed that phenomenon of what they were thinking and what they do, and the pure data that they have access to.”
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Life on the Screen (opens rcmnd.app)