Jul 30, 2026 · 6 min · 7 segments
As City AM reports that AI companies are destroying old and rare books whilst using them to train their models, Christian May sets out the pros and cons of the new, transformative technology. After…
And I've just been having a conversation with them about AI, which I think is going to be the topic of the Week in Business episode.
Today, because I keep as close an eye on it as I can, and I oscillate almost day to day, certainly week to week between the utopian and the dystopian idea of what our AI future could look like.
The extraordinary productivity gains, incredible scientific breakthroughs, all sorts of great equalization of access to knowledge.
But unfortunately, the items on the negative side of the ledger do weigh a little bit heavier.
And I'm just talking about a few things like civilizational collapse, uncontrollable cyber attacks, the emergence of extraordinary levels of inequality, possible hacking and nefarious use, AI powered authoritarianism.
And I've just been having a conversation with them about AI, which I think is going to be the topic of the Week in Business episode.
Today, because I keep as close an eye on it as I can, and I oscillate almost day to day, certainly week to week between the utopian and the dystopian idea of what our AI future could look like.
The extraordinary productivity gains, incredible scientific breakthroughs, all sorts of great equalization of access to knowledge.
But unfortunately, the items on the negative side of the ledger do weigh a little bit heavier.
And I'm just talking about a few things like civilizational collapse, uncontrollable cyber attacks, the emergence of extraordinary levels of inequality, possible hacking and nefarious use, AI powered authoritarianism.
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