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Hard Fork

Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time

July 10, 20261h 19m

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This week, with news that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up Texas’ age verification law for app stores, we check in on how social media bans are going around the globe and what may be coming soon to a state near you. Then, we’re joined by Jeff Sebo, an associate professor at N.Y.U., to discuss new research into “A.I. welfare” and whether A.I. could ever become conscious.

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