
Don’t Believe the Hype — or Doom — About AI
For America’s VC-dominated tech industry, AI hype isn’t just a crazy by-product — it’s a structural part of the US economy in which capital tries to write our destinies. We shouldn’t let it.
Hagen Blix is a New York City–based cognitive scientist whose research spans language, artificial intelligence, and political economy. He is the coauthor of Why We Fear AI.

For America’s VC-dominated tech industry, AI hype isn’t just a crazy by-product — it’s a structural part of the US economy in which capital tries to write our destinies. We shouldn’t let it.

Don’t let the AI of it all fool you — tech workers can still bring Silicon Valley to a halt.