Weekly Update | AI's Coming For Influencers | Paid Commute | Tesla Robotaxi | AI To End Human Labor

Future-Focused with Christopher Lind

Congratulations! You've made it through another week, and what a week it's been. To celebrate, here's another round of updates on the latest happenings at the intersection of business, tech, and human experience.

As always, thanks to those of you who contributed topics and articles!

AI Influencers - What if that catchy TikTok of Jenny sitting in her car telling you how much she loves AG1 never really happened? Well, you may ask to see her birth certificate before you sign up for a monthly subscription. AI is coming for influencers, and I'm still trying to decide whether their followers don't know or don't care.

Paid Commuting - More people are willing to return to the office....so long as they get a nice check to cover the expense. Employees have found a new way to push back against employers demanding them come to the office to take their Zoom meetings by pressing on the financial nerve. Despite my distaste for forced RTO, I think this path creates more problems than it solves.

Tesla RoboTaxi—I can't wait to schedule an autonomous ride just to see AI try to navigate our driveway, and according to Elon, I won't have to wait long. He's on record claiming robotaxis will be dominating the streets as soon as August of this year. Analysts disagree, but I guess we'll see if he lives up to his sterling track record of predictions.

AI Ends Human Labor - As if we don't have enough apocalyptic news, Open AI board member Larry Summers stated publically he anticipates AI will eliminate humans from all labor in the future. While I fundamentally disagree, Larry is hitting on some truth about some of the significant short-term economic risks that will come to fruition if we're not careful.

Show Notes:

0:00 - Introduction

1:25 - AI Influencers

10:41 - Paid Return-to-Office

18:34 - Tesla Robotaxi

26:40 - End of Human Labor