The Internet Felt Like This in 1994. AI Might Be Our Last Chance.

About this episode

Douglas Rushkoff explores the creative potential of AI while discussing its unseen costs and contrasting visions for technology's future.

Rushkoff shares his first real foray into the world of Artificial Intelligence. After years of avoiding the technology, Douglas takes us through a vibe coding journey using Claude to rebuild his personal website in five hours. But this isn't a tech tutorial. Douglas weighs the incredible creative potential of AI against its heavy unseen costs: environmental destruction, resource depletion, and labor displacement. He contrasts his vision for a peer-to-peer Amazon killer built by social activists with the chilling surveillance infrastructure being developed by tech billionaires like Larry Ellison. 🤝 Team Human is proudly supported by Groucho. You can take 50% off your first month by using promo code "teamhuman": https://mygroucho.club/teamhuman Download Groucho: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/groucho/id6756526142?ct=teamhuman&mt=8 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trampoline.groucho&utm_source=website&utm_medium=landing&utm_campaign=teamhuman Follow Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff: Instagram: https:/www.instagram.com/douglasrushkoff YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@douglasrushkoff TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/douglasrushkoff…

People in this episode

Host: Douglas Rushkoff

Topics covered

• Artificial Intelligence
• vibe coding
• environmental destruction
• resource depletion
• labor displacement
• peer-to-peer economy
• surveillance infrastructure

Keywords

• AI
• technology
• social activism
• Amazon killer
• surveillance

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