Is OpenAI Cultivating Fear to Sell AI?

<p>In this episode, <strong>Justin Hendrix</strong> is joined by a columnist and author who’s spent the last few years thinking about a past era of automation, a process that yielded him a valuable perspective when considering this moment in time. <em>Los Angeles Times</em> technology columnist <strong>Brian Merchant</strong> is the author of a recent column under the headline, "<a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-03-31/column-afraid-of-ai-the-startups-selling-it-want-you-to-be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Afraid of AI? The startups selling it want you to be</a>," and the forthcoming book <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/9780316487740/?lens=little-brown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech</em></a>, which tells the story of the 19th century Luddite movement.</p>