233 | ChatGPT porn chat is coming, Job quake: 100 million roles at risk this decade + Mechanize’s “total workforce automation”, the biggest lessons from AgentForce, AI cancer-fighting novel breakthrough, and more AI news for Oct 17, 2025

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Oct 18, 2025

Get ready for a wild ride into the future of AI where jobs, utilities, and even government are up for grabs. Bernie Sanders warns of 100 million jobs at risk while OpenAI stirs controversy with its new plans for personality-driven chatbots. Mechanize claims total workforce automation is inevitable, and community protests against data centers raise eyebrows. Plus, breakthroughs in AI cancer research could change lives. Dive into the latest twists and turns as innovation collides with disruption!

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Scale Of Job Disruption

AI can displace tens of millions of jobs across blue- and white-collar sectors within a decade according to the Sanders report.

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Two Paths After Efficiency Gains

Efficiency gains from AI create two paths: grow faster to hire more or cut staff to remain competitive.

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Data Center Local Backlash

Large AI data centers consume grid-scale electricity and water, sparking local bipartisan backlash.

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Are you prepared for an AI future where your job, your utility bill, and even your government are all impacted?

AI is reshaping the world faster than most business leaders are ready for and this week, things got real. From Bernie Sanders’ stark warning about 100 million lost jobs to OpenAI’s surprising shift into personality-driven chatbots and possible erotica, the lines between innovation and disruption are blurring fast.

In this news episode, Isar Meitis takes you on a deep dive into the top three stories shaping the AI-business landscape right now — with a rapid-fire roundup of everything else you can’t afford to miss.

In this session, you'll discover:

Why Bernie Sanders’ AI job-loss report might be politically motivated and still dangerously real
The true cost of data centers (think: a hundred thousand homes’ worth of electricity)
Why bipartisan protests against AI infrastructure are gaining traction and why they may still fail
How OpenAI’s new direction is raising eyebrows from erotica chatbots to creator IP fights
Why Mechanize believes AI workforce automation is inevitable, and what that means for business leaders
A16Z’s latest insight: Software ate the world, now AI is eating labor
What Salesforce's “AgentForce 360” is really about and whether it can save them from irrelevance
The parallel between AI’s IP wars and Napster’s battle with the music industry
Why regulatory changes in California might be too little, too late

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