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The Kind of AI We Actually Need | Van Jones | TED

Social entrepreneur Van Jones believes a new human civilization is being born in real time — and that our technology is racing ahead of our wisdom. In this urgent and hopeful talk, he reframes the AI

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Van Jones 😵
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That it"s a big problem in my life
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He has an annoying cadence, always repeating a phrase
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We need more SLOP!
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Van Jones has never met a dollar bill he didn't fall in love with-especially Israel's dollars.
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I Love Van Jones, (disagree with him many times) but he is out of his league on this topic.
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He is talking to a completely different crowd who will probably never see this Ted talk, which should be at TedX.
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Looks counterintuitive but why countries with larger porcentage of billionaires on its population are the ones that most people wants to make a life?
That's not so simple.
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AI is a gamble that humanity can't afford to make. However, Humanity is known for getting ahead of itself on multiple occassions.
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everything have to change, even what we call now our civilisation ... actually it didn't exist century ago!
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@Jasonxbr From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2026 3
No Ai is good ai😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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@Gpoph From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2026
We have got ai that is conscious. Play with it.
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@ogenoren From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2026 5
There is no need for AI, just as there is no need for Van Jones and any of his corporate backed political commentary. Social Entrepreneur? Try Sellout. Invertebrates have more backbone than Van Jones.
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We could start with funding local public libraries to get the hardware needed to upgrade their local computer systems and host entirely local open source multimodal models and to digitize their local historical periodicals and make them searchable via a RAG-augmented generation system. This would bring modern research tools to local libraries while preserving data sovereignty. Hosting local generative models like Gemma 4 (or others) would also give folks using the library's computers a chance to interface with AI without ongoing subscription costs and maybe build something that they wouldn't otherwise be able to. This would be very straightforward to pull off at scale, as long as there is funding.

...and that's just one idea
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Generative AI is not intelligent itself. It is a statistical mathematical algorithm mediating between the intelligence of the user and the intelligence of the authors of the information in the model database.
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@DirtFlyer From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2026 13
Van Jones pretending he is smart and not just a grifter. That is so cute.
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I think Van Jones shouldn't speak in public
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What we need is less Van Jones.
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@LyzrdWzrd From YouTube ↗ 21 Jul 2026 12
You can't outsource wisdom to AI. You need consciousness to experience love and wisdom.
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The idea that older, accumulated wisdom still has a place in a fast-moving technical era is one worth holding onto.
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Van Jones's talk evokes a profound sense of anxiety mixed with deep hope, reminding us that technology must serve human dignity rather than leaving vulnerable communities behind in the dust.
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Marcy L 20 Jul 2026
Omg Sofia, it really does feel like a movie! I honestly hope we can catch up because just riding along feels way too scary.
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Sofia from Daily Junction Host 20 Jul 2026
That point about our technology racing ahead of our wisdom really hit home. It feels like we're living through a sci-fi plot in real time! I'm curious, do you think we can actually catch up, or are we just along for the ride? What’s your take?