What Lex Fridman has said about Social media algorithms
1 quote · 1 episode · Aug 26, 2026
Lex Fridman, American podcaster and AI researcher; same host, second diarization label covering the interview segments, has been quoted on Social media algorithms once in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on August 26, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Fridman argues engagement-maximizing social media is a major harm to society.
“I think legitimately engagement maximizing social media is a huge harm to society”
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Episodes
#501 – DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Agentic Engineering, Vibe Coding & LinuxLex Fridman Podcast · Aug 26, 2026 · 5 h 22 min
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