Bonus - AI and Silicon Valley Reactionaries w/ Becca Lewis (Preview)

Bonus - AI and Silicon Valley Reactionaries w/ Becca Lewis (Preview)

April 26, 2026 · 10 min

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Danny and Derek discuss the politics of artificial intelligence and Silicon Valley with researcher Becca Lewis.

Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek welcome back to the show Becca Lewis, researcher of right-wing politics in Silicon Valley and online, to talk about the politics of artificial intelligence and Silicon Valley. They discuss AI as a marketing term, large language models, automation and white-collar labor, Silicon Valley’s relationship to the military, Palantir and Peter Thiel, AI targeting, Gaza and apartheid technologies, tech elites’ right-wing politics, the AI bubble, and left organizing among tech workers. Don't forget to check out our miniseries Marx Prestige. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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