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Center for Humane Technology is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that the most consequential technologies serve humanity. We bring clarity to how the tech ecosystem works in order to shift the incentives that drive it.

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Enough Debate about the AI Jobpocalypse. We Need To Plan for the Messy Middle.

Listen to the latest episode of Your Undivided Attention on the AI disruption workers can expect in the near future — and what we can do about it.

Enough Debate about the AI Jobpocalypse. We Need To Plan for the Messy Middle.

Caught between arguments of abundance and apocalypse, economist Molly Kinder explores what workers can expect in the near future — and what we can do about it.

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A Black Box Problem: Missing Data On How AI Affects the Human Mind

The more we know about the data that are needed to answer the most important questions about AI’s psychosocial impacts, the clearer we can be about what data access solutions need to look like.

The most important word in AI discourse right now? “Humans.”

This year, the story AI companies have been telling about AI has been changing – more and more it’s becoming a story about humans.

That feeling you’re having about AI? It's telling you something important.

A letter from CHT’s Executive Director

Will Human-Like AI Hijack Human Psychology?

Have you been on a customer service phone-call recently and found yourself wondering whether you’re actually talking to a human – or to an AI voice agent?

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

A conversation with journalist Krista Tippett

“Magnifica Humanitas:” Pope Leo’s Clarion Call on AI

Tristan Harris on his experience meeting the Pope ahead of his encyclical on AI

Fable 5, What AI Policy Really Needs, and CHT's New Fellowship Program

Last Friday, as I wrapped up my work week, I, like many of us, saw an unprecedented piece of AI news come across my newsfeed.

We Need AI Treaties. This is How We Get Them.

A conversation with experts on the tech we need to govern AI

Announcing The Emerging Voices in AI & Society Fellows Program

For AI to serve humanity’s best interests, we need more thoughtful, diverse voices shaping the story we tell about it.

What Do We Mean by Humane Tech?

CHT co-founder Randy Fernando breaks down the principles of humane technology.

The AI Cyber Risks Are Real, The Cancer Cures Aren’t Coming

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AI Companies Aren’t Evil. But They Are Reckless.

You can’t build machines that jeopardize civilization without expecting regulators to step in.

Anthropic’s Mythos Has Changed Cybersecurity Forever. What Now?

Two experts weigh in on the new world of digital security.

No, Superintelligence Won’t Cure Cancer. (We Wish.)

“First solve intelligence, then use intelligence to solve everything else.” That was how Demis Hassabis summed up the vision of DeepMind (now Google DeepMind) when he founded the company in 2010.

AI and Cancer: Why Superintelligence Won’t Get Us to a Cure

A conversation with physician and futurist Dr. Emilia Javorsky

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What is AI doing to humans? Why aren’t we measuring it?

We measure AIs to see whether they can pass a bar exam, write working code, and use your computer interface. We test to see how good they are at completing complex tasks, or just impressing humans.

AI is Eroding Our Humanity. These Experts Want to Change That.

Plus, what’s really going on “under the hood” of a chatbot

Claude, The Doctor Will See You Now

What happens when we try to psychoanalyze AI systems