Wounded Billionaires Are Teaching AI to Rule Us - GABOR MATE on AI, Free Will and Trauma [INTERVIEW]
Gabor Maté
Jonathan
Jul 12, 202621 July 2025
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Cutting-edge tech is nothing without the hearts and minds behind it. In this fast-moving 15-minute conversation, physician and world-renowned trauma expert Dr Gabor Maté asks the question no one in Silicon Valley wants to face: What happens when troubled, power-hungry people teach machines to think
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The discussion moves from fears about AI being shaped by powerful, traumatized leaders to a detailed explanation of brain development, ADD, free will, and awareness. It then turns to Gaza and the Holocaust, arguing that dehumanization, mass violence, and global complicity make Gaza uniquely urgent and visible.
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