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AI Grifters in Power & Reactionary Third Way Centrist Dems / Henry Burke

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Henry Burke of the Revolving Door Project joins us to discuss his recent writing, "How OpenAI Hacked The Military-Industrial Complex" at The Lever and, "Centrists: Better Things Aren’t Possible" at The American Prospect. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Henry's articles here: https://www.levernews.com/how-openai-hacked-the-military-industrial-complex/ and here: https://prospect.org/2026/03/10/centrists-better-things-arent-possible-democrats-south-carolina-third-way/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell Please rate and review This Is Hell! wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps the show ascend the algorithm to reach new listeners.

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0:00.0

I'm

0:02.0

. Thank you.

0:23.6

Thank you, This is hell.

0:49.3

Live from the United States, where we value AI more than we value the planet, this is hell.

1:01.6

We were sold artificial intelligence, an incredibly, very, very misleading term on the misleading premise that it would make all of our lives easier and much more

1:13.7

convenient. It would help us solve all sorts of problems, a flash running from simple everyday

1:19.3

questions, a massive complex equations regarding everything from handling your finances

1:24.6

to writing your best-selling autobiography, all at the press of a button.

1:32.5

We would all become whatever we want.

1:34.4

If you want to be an artist, author, filmmaker, or musician, just tell AI what you want and go back to playing video games as it creates your masterpiece.

1:43.6

Put together an itinerary for the

1:45.2

ideal vacation or the perfect date. Design your dream home. You can even make life decisions

1:50.6

based by the computing power of massive data centers. With that kind of power, what could

1:58.5

possibly go wrong? Well, it appears with AI firms hemorrhaging and all sorts of money and no signs of the massive

2:07.4

wealth it would generate, the increased productivity, the improved efficiency, at least not

2:12.3

yet in an industry whose business model seems to be thoroughly dependent upon just weight,

2:18.7

AI appears to have found a new purpose,

2:20.9

and that is a police state spying military assassination machine,

2:25.6

which makes Silicon Valley seem a lot less cool and a lot more evil,

2:29.8

which also leads to yet another revolving door between the public and private sectors.

2:35.8

But this time, it's Silicon Valley and the Pentagon.

2:41.6

That's what we're discussing with today's guest.

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