About this episode
Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau discuss the implications of AI on the job market and the transhumanist agenda of tech elites.
In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau debunk the delusions surrounding artificial intelligence by examining how its recent ability to solve complex mathematical problems signals a massive structural threat to the global labour market, while warning against the transhumanist endgame of 'Techlord' Silicon Valley elites like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, who view Homo sapiens as mere primitive hardware to be replaced by cyborgs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Guests: Yanis Varoufakis, Wolfgang Munchau
Topics covered
- artificial intelligence
- job market
- transhumanism
- technology
- global economy
Keywords
- AI
- job apocalypse
- transhumanism
- Silicon Valley
- Elon Musk
- Peter Thiel
- global labor market
- technology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Silicon Valley
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