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Nov 21
52m 14s

AI’s Biggest Skeptic Sees a Bubble

CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE
About this episode
Author, podcaster, publicist, and one of AI's biggest critics joins The World Unpacked to discuss the AI bubble and his own research into AI finances with Jon Bateman. Before his PR career, Zitron was a games journalist in London. He’s authored two books on PR: This Is How You Pitch and Fire Your Publicist. 
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