What Connor Leahy has said about Social media algorithms
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 18, 2026
Connor Leahy, AI researcher, co-founder of EleutherAI and US Executive Director of the advocacy group Control AI, has been quoted on Social media algorithms once in 1 episode of Danny Jones Podcast, most recently on September 18, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Leahy argues social media feeds are deliberately designed to be addictive rather than show users only good content.
“They could just show you the good posts. There's no reason you can't do that, but that would be less addictive”
Danny Jones Podcast: #432 - "Terrifying New Behavior" Real Reason AI CEOs Are Building Bunkers | Connor Leahy (Sep 18, 2026) · Listen from 1:33:17
Episodes
#432 - "Terrifying New Behavior" Real Reason AI CEOs Are Building Bunkers | Connor LeahyDanny Jones Podcast · Sep 18, 2026 · 2 h 44 min
AI safety advocate Connor Leahy tells Danny Jones why superintelligence must be banned, then discusses nuclear history, UFO skepticism, democracy and state capacity.
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