In this episode, Doug Alexander explores how AI is not simply another innovation, but a world-shaping force that can radically expand human possibility. At the same time, AI can also destabilize labor, governance, social cohesion, and escape democratic control if it outpaces our ability to set wise safeguards and policies. The central tension is whether society can build the moral, political, and economic frameworks needed to direct AI toward shared abundance, human meaning, and public good before the competitive race for dominance hardwires risk, concentration of power, and large-scale disruption into everyday life.

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Solutionary Voices is a podcast hosted by Zoe Weil and produced by the Institute for Humane Education. Each episode highlights individuals who are working on the forefront of building a more humane, just, and healthy world for all people, animals, and the ecosystems that sustain life. Episodes:

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