Tech Won't Save Us23 Maalis 2023

Everyone Hates VCs After the SVB Collapse w/ Jacob Silverman

Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, how it’s part of a larger crisis in the tech sector, and why it’s turning people against the industry’s venture capitalists.Jacob Silverman is a journalist and the host of The Naked Emperor, a new CBC podcast. Follow Jacob on Twitter at @SilvermanJacob.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.Also mentioned in this episode: Jacob wrote about the lessons from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse in the Globe and Mail. Paris wrote about how the SVB collapse should be a radicalizing moment against venture capitalists. A video circulated about Jason Calacanis bragging about SVB offering him favorable banking services. A screenshot shows a founder complaining about Chase closing his bank account because his company doesn’t have a physical office, saying SVB never required one. Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund told its portfolio companies to pull their money out of SVB before its collapse. SVB’s President pushed for Congress to reduce regulations and oversight on banks like SVB as it grew. Support the show

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Chatbots Won’t Take Many Jobs w/ Aaron Benanav

Paris Marx is joined by Aaron Benanav to discuss OpenAI’s claims that generative AI will take our jobs, how previous periods of automation hype haven’t resulted in mass job loss, and why we need to en...

20 Huhti 20231h 3min

ChatGPT Is Not Intelligent w/ Emily M. Bender

Paris Marx is joined by Emily M. Bender to discuss what it means to say that ChatGPT is a “stochastic parrot,” why Elon Musk is calling to pause AI development, and how the tech industry uses language...

13 Huhti 20231h 4min

How Amazon Reshapes Small Business to Serve Itself w/ Moira Weigel

Paris Marx is joined by Moira Weigel to discuss the third-party sellers who supply many of the goods sold through Amazon, how the company’s policy decisions reshape small businesses to act like mini-A...

6 Huhti 20231h 8min

Celebrating Three Years of Tech Won’t Save Us!

Tech Won’t Save Us is turning three years old, so Paris recorded a quick update on the show and announced plans for a new Elon Musk series if the show gets 200 new Patreon supporters in April.Tech Won...

1 Huhti 20236min

What Drives Architects to Design Saudi Megaprojects? w/ Kate Wagner

Paris Marx is joined by Kate Wagner to discuss the goals behind Saudi Arabia’s architectural megaprojects, the incentives for major architects to work on projects for despotic regimes, and how archite...

30 Maalis 202352min

Robots Aren’t the Solution to Elder Care w/ James Wright

Paris Marx is joined by James Wright to discuss Japan’s efforts to develop robots to care for its growing elderly population, what the government hoped to achieve with that plan, and why it hasn’t wor...

16 Maalis 202357min

Why We Must Resist AI w/ Dan McQuillan

Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss how AI systems encourage ranking populations and austerity policies, and why understanding their politics is essential to opposing them.Dan McQuillan i...

9 Maalis 202359min