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Chatbots Won’t Take Many Jobs w/ Aaron Benanav
Apr 20, 2023Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss OpenAI’s claims that generative AI will take our jobs, how previous periods of automation hype haven’t resulted in mass job loss, and why we need to en...
ChatGPT Is Not Intelligent w/ Emily M. Bender
Apr 13, 2023Paris Marx is joined by Emily M. Bender to discuss what it means to say that ChatGPT is a “stochastic parrot,” why Elon Musk is calling to pause AI development, and how the tech industry uses language...
How Amazon Reshapes Small Business to Serve Itself w/ Moira Weigel
Apr 06, 2023Paris Marx is joined by Moira Weigel to discuss the third-party sellers who supply many of the goods sold through Amazon, how the company’s policy decisions reshape small businesses to act like mini-A...
Celebrating Three Years of Tech Won’t Save Us!
Apr 01, 2023Tech Won’t Save Us is turning three years old, so Paris recorded a quick update on the show and announced plans for a new Elon Musk series if the show gets 200 new Patreon supporters in April.Tech Won...
What Drives Architects to Design Saudi Megaprojects? w/ Kate Wagner
Mar 30, 2023Paris Marx is joined by Kate Wagner to discuss the goals behind Saudi Arabia’s architectural megaprojects, the incentives for major architects to work on projects for despotic regimes, and how archite...
Everyone Hates VCs After the SVB Collapse w/ Jacob Silverman
Mar 23, 2023Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, how it’s part of a larger crisis in the tech sector, and why it’s turning people against the industry’s venture ...
Robots Aren’t the Solution to Elder Care w/ James Wright
Mar 16, 2023Paris Marx is joined by James Wright to discuss Japan’s efforts to develop robots to care for its growing elderly population, what the government hoped to achieve with that plan, and why it hasn’t wor...
Why We Must Resist AI w/ Dan McQuillan
Mar 09, 2023Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss how AI systems encourage ranking populations and austerity policies, and why understanding their politics is essential to opposing them.Dan McQuillan i...
What New EU Rules Might Mean for Gig Workers w/ Ben Wray
Mar 02, 2023Paris Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss the fight to win a pro-worker Platform Work Directive in the European Union, Uber’s rollout of dynamic pricing, and how Barcelona taxi workers have fought b...
The Consequences of Leaving Tech to the Private Sector w/ Rosie Collington
Feb 23, 2023Paris Marx is joined by Rosie Collington to discuss the consequences of outsourcing tech to the private sector, how it causes governments to lose important capacities to serve the public, and how the ...