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Can AI Be Built in Service of Life? A Conversation with Krista Tippett

aired Jul 16, 2026 · 53.0m
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Summary

Hey, everyone, it's Tristan Harris, and welcome to Your Undivided Attention.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of think, know, it's, including: Today, we're bringing you a conversation that I had with award-winning journalist Krista Tippett.

Key takeaways
  1. 01And during our conversation, we really just considered the question, what does it mean to build AI in service of life?
  2. 02Then there's the tragic, which is you get caught in the despair or the fear or the cynicism
  3. 03And then there's an invitation to stand from what Daniel calls post-tragic optimism, which is actually metabolizing the truth of what we're facing
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