06-03-2026RAPID RESPONSE

Can AI be humane? Aza Raskin says only if we change the race

The Center for Humane Technology cofounder argues that the same incentives that warped social media are now shaping AI, with much higher stakes.

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Aza Raskin, a cofounder of the Center for Humane Technology, has spent years sounding the alarm about where the race to build powerful AI is taking us. Just days after the center’s other cofounder visited the Vatican, Raskin unpacks the significance of Pope Leo XIV’s sweeping new encyclical on artificial intelligence, and exposes the incentive structures pushing Silicon Valley toward dangerous territory—while making the case that it’s not too late to change course. 

This is an abridged transcript of an interview from Rapid Response, hosted by........

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