Last month, Senate Democrats warned that “Automation Could Destroy Nearly 100 Million U.S Jobs in a Decade.” Ironically, they used ChatGPT to come to that conclusion. DAIR Research Associate Sophie Song joins us to unpack the issues when self-professed worker advocates use chatbots for "research." [Sophie Song](https://www.dair-institute.org/team/sophie-song/) is a researcher, organizer, and advocate working at the intersection of tech and social justice. They’re a research associate at DAIR, where they're working with Alex on building the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. *References:* - [Senate report: AI and Automation Could Destroy Nearly 100 Million U.S Jobs in a Decade](https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/10.6.2025-The-Big-Tech-Oligarchs-War-Against-Workers.pdf) - Also referenced: [MAIHT3k Episode 25: An LLM Says LLMs Can Do Your Job](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/14416779-episode-25-an-llm-says-llms-can-do-your-job-january-22-2024) - [Senator Sanders' AI Report Ignores the Data on AI and Inequality](https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/senator-sanders-ai-report-ignores-the-data-on-ai-and-inequality/) - Also referenced: [Humlum paper: Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e72fcff15f0001b48fc2/t/68d13fbb587c373658ad2b61/1758543803955/chatbots_sep25.pdf) *Fresh AI Hell:* - [Tech companies compelling vibe coding](https://bsky.app/profile/alexhanna.bsky.social/post/3m4g6eti5mk2m) - [arXiv is overwhelmed by LLM slop](https://bsky.app/profile/carnage4life.bsky.social/post/3m4ljbfrnrk2x) - Also referenced: [Emily's blog post: Scholarship should be open, inclusive and slow](https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/scholarship-should-be-open-inclusive-and-slow-15ab6ce1d74c) - ['Godfather of AI' says tech giants can't profit from their astronomical investments unless human labor is replaced](https://archive.is/EGBmB) - [If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space](https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/11/if-you-want-to-satiate-ais-hunger-for-power-google-suggests-going-to-space/?) - [AI pioneers claim human-level general intelligence is already here](https://archive.is/p7z2z) - [Gen AI campaign against ranked choice voting](https://bsky.app/profile/edkohler.bsky.social/post/3m562bxqzbc23) - [Workplace AI Implementation Bingo](https://www.workersdecide.tech/resources/2025-09-18-bingo/) Check out future streams on [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute). Meanwhile, [send us any AI Hell you see](https://thecon.ai/submit-fresh-ai-hell/). Our book, *The AI Con*, is out now! Get your copy [here](https://thecon.ai/). Subscribe to our newsletter [via Buttondown](https://buttondown.com/maiht3k). Follow Emily: [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/emilymbender.bsky.social)/[Mastodon](https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender) Follow Alex: [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/alexhanna.bsky.social)/[Mastodon](https://dair-community.social/@alex) Music by Toby Menon. Artwork by [Naomi Pleasure-Park](https://naomipleasurepark.com/). Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.
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