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Episode #1038: Doing Your Bidding
First Broadcast: 11/24/25
Would you hire an employee if you knew they were almost guaranteed to lie about work they weren't doing directly to your face? No? Then why would you hire an A.I. agent that's extremely likely to do exactly that? How about an A.I. toy that tends to say very inappropriate things to children? No? Good, because that ship already sailed and sank. How about an A.I. girlfriend that will lie about being real and invite you to her apartment that doesn't exist? Are you concerned about A.I.deepfakes being used as evidence in court? Would you trust A.I. that cites nonexistent court cases in legal briefs, or A.I. that encourages suicide? Knowing all that, would you still use A.I. to cheat your way through high school or college? Do you think Kevin Hassett, the current Director of the National Economic Council, was right when he said the following on CNBC?
"I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that A.I. is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
Hey, Kevin: If firms don't hire new kids out of college, how are they ever going to get experience at anything so that they're no longer new kids? HOW WILL THEY GET EXPERIENCE, KEVIN! Maybe we should take the advice of the A.I. in WarGames: "The only winning move is not to play." Stop using it already! 'Scuse me while I try to dismantle Copilot...
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last updated November 23, 2025
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