How AI Is ‘Draining Our Real World’

In this special episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Naomi Klein is joined by tech analyst, journalist, and author, Paris Marx to break down the dangers behind Silicon Valley’s push for an AI-centered world, including for the environment, education, and democracy. Naomi: “All those federal workers getting sent home with zero notice? All those researchers who lost their federal funding? All those aid workers? To the extent that there is a plan, it seems to be to replace them with chatbots.” Paris: “I think you can see very clearly…this increasing relationship between Silicon Valley and say the Heritage Foundation and these really right-wing groups that have a desire to remake the American government, to really gut a lot of the social spending and those aspects of the U.S. government,” The two explain how the push for AI-adoption plays into tech billionaire Elon Musk’s operations at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and how the Trump administration has reportedly been using AI to assist with the deportation of pro-Palestine students, among other topics. ***This interview was originally published on zeteo.com a week ago. If you want to get early access to exclusive content, then head over to our substack and become a paid subscriber today. Chapters: 00:48 Naomi Klein 03:40 Paris Marx 5:55 AI and Government 7:47 Surveillance Capitalism 10:03 AI and discrimination 12:48 Big Tech 22:18 National Security 23:57 Social Media 31:00 Draining Resources Subscribe to Zeteo to support independent and unfiltered journalism: https://zeteo.com/subscribe Find Zeteo: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com Find Mehdi: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan