Alex Vatanka: We need to recognize the way that this kind of geopolitical rivalry is being used to benefit the tech industry. He says there's a huge opportunity not to automate labor away but cultural production away because the AI is intelligent enough to do that. The goal here is to automation way labor, he says; they are so self-interested and short-term oriented. "I feel like a huge driver in the AI hype cycle, conference or not, is this desire to kind of like free some of the shackles"
Paris Marx is joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss how the venture capital industry works, why the technologies it funds don’t deliver on their marketing promises, and how that’s once again being shown in the hype around AI.
Edward Ongweso Jr. is a freelance journalist, co-host of This Machine Kills, and guest columnist at The Nation. You can follow Ed on Twitter at @bigblackjacobin.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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