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Brave New Nudge - by Brendan McCord - Cosmos Institute

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“Liberal AI” and The Kindest Threat to Freedom

Joseph Wright of Derby, “A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery” (1766) Imagine a system that knows you eat sensibly all day and fall apart at 10pm. That knows a calorie label won’t help you, because the evidence says calorie labels mostly change the behavior of people who already eat well. This system knows the difference between your hunger and your boredom. It leaves you alone when you don’t need it. It preserves every option on the menu. It just rearranges the choice so you’re more likely to do what you’d do if you were thinking clearly. Now extend this to every significant decision…

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