But, I think he’s at his best when he’s in a show where there’s a script and an editor. On social media and on free-form podcasts, he comes off as a know-it-all ass.

^ This. I still am miffed at his attitude in regards to considering the issues of AI on I forget which talk show, but he took the attitude of "we'd just pull the plug".

Maybe when in a scripted format or in writing, he might be able to extrapolate a bit, but he just sounded like a layperson when it comes to the topic, and I honestly have no idea if he's read or considered the kinds of things that, say, Nick Bostrom has put out there. It just sounded like some hot take man-on-the-street kind of response, talking about the problem as if we are talking about someone's server running somewhere. It was just....facepalm.

He is a know-it-all ass. He's a self-important dickhead. But I appreciate his role in getting young black kids seeing a role model that they can relate to. That's far more important than his ego.

Sure but watching him on nova when I was a kid is a big reason I got so into science and engineering so I don't really care

Unfortunately same with Bill Nye. He seemed so pissed at getting recognized by people at a Symposium.

Like geeze dude sorry you inspired people as kids and encouraged them to pursue science and they're excited to meet you.

It's a downside of being educated and fascinated by what you've learned.

Neil regularly gets osmosis wrong and thinks it/distilled water can "suck minerals" from your body, something I was taught repeatedly in basic A&P, biology, and chemistry, that isnt true bc osmosis is the movement of water, not solutes.

Yeah, but that's BS