Doomscrolling on Instagram? Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has a message for youngsters

Perplexity AI’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Aravind Srinivas has called on youngsters to stop wasting time on doomscrolling on social media and spend more time on Artificial intelligence (AI).

“Spend less time doomscrolling on Instagram; spend more time using the AIs,” Srinivas said in an interview with technology enthusiast Matthew Berman that was published on Thursday.

“Not because we want your usage, but simply because that’s your way to, like, add value to the new society,” he added.

AI chip giant Nvidia-backed Perplexity (the AI-powered search…