Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time
This episode of Hard Fork explores the global trend of social media bans for teens, examines new research on AI consciousness featuring NYU professor Jeff Sebo, and showcases experimental AI tools in a segment called Tool Time. Despite early data suggesting limited effectiveness, bans a
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