WWKMD?, Episode 23: When AI Steals the Desk Job: What Would Marx Say?

We’ve been quiet for a minute, but we’re back with a two-part deep dive that drags Karl Marx into the AI conversation. We’ll ask the big questions: sure, AI can write your email and code your script, but who benefits when machines do the work humans used to get paid for?

Expect history (Luddites, steam engines), modern data on what AI is already doing to job postings, and a friendly but blunt take on the contradiction: more productivity doesn’t automatically mean more freedom for people. Come along — let’s figure out whether these machines will free us or just make some of us disposable.