This Week At Persuasion

On Thursday, October 8 at 6pm, Yascha Mounk and Dan Williams will host a live recording of their podcast The Good Fight at the Halycon International School in London, discussing whether AI could lead to humanity's downfall. Previously, author Sam Kahn conducted an informal poll on Substack Notes asking readers if their lives had been improved by AI. Responses were mixed: while some like @Mari-Claire mentioned diagnosing a rare speech disorder earlier than medical professionals through AI and @Carol Horton noted prolonging her dog’s life with dietary changes, others highlighted negative impacts such as @Rossella Singer noting that AI provides reasoning without ego issues but also allows for wasting time.