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Hey folks,
I sat down with New York State Representative Alex Bores, who’s running for Congress in one of the wildest primaries in the country right now, and we ended up going deep on AI, oligarchs, labor, universal basic income, and what happens when billionaires start openly trying to rig our democracy. We laughed a lot too — mostly because if you don’t laugh about humanoid robots replacing all human labor, you’ll probably cry.
Here’s what we got into:
[00:01:13] Alex jumps into the chaos of the NY-12 race, why so many people are running, and why he decided to leave a safer path in state government to take on Congress anyway.
[00:06:25] We get into the terrifying reality of AI money flooding primaries, the billionaires targeting Alex specifically, and why strange political alliances are starting to form around regulating tech monopolies.
[00:10:46] Alex breaks down the AI safety bill that made Silicon Valley furious — including transparency requirements, enforcement mechanisms, and why Trump’s executive order tried to crush it.
[00:14:17] We talk about the future of work, collapsing entry-level employment, universal basic income, retraining programs, and why younger generations are openly rejecting the “AI will save everything” narrative.
[00:18:38] The conversation turns existential: humanoid robots, declining birth rates, corporate power, and what kind of society we’re building if humans lose both economic security and creative purpose.
This episode is essential if you’re trying to understand where technology, politics, labor, and democracy are all colliding right now. Alex is one of the few politicians I’ve talked to who actually understands both the promise and the danger of AI — and he’s willing to say the uncomfortable parts out loud. If you care about protecting workers, preserving human dignity, and making sure the future isn’t owned entirely by a handful of tech billionaires, you need to hear this one.
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With urgency,
—Mike
