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#173 - Liberman - We’re Training AI to Get Rid Of Us
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- The Peter McCormack Show
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- May 8, 2026
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- 7311
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Summary
Two brothers who escaped Russia say we have 2 years before AI replaces us - and we're paying the corporations building it. Daniil & David Liberman sold their first company to Snapchat. Now they're racing to build a decentralised alternative to OpenAI and Google before the window closes. They explain why centralised AI ends in a two-tier world - a small elite with access, and the rest of us as "moving parts" - and why the next 24 months decide which path we take. In this episode: → Why you can't opt out of AI and stay competitive → The recursive loop: AI is now writing AI → Why the kill switch won't work → What they saw inside Russia in 2008 that's happening now with AI → The darkest scenario they almost didn't want to say out loud - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - AI & Human Freedom 00:01:51 - Invisible Slavery 00:05:00 - Bitcoin vs AI Centralisation 00:10:25 - AI Addiction Begins 00:14:27 - The End Of Upward Mobility 00:17:33 - The Beautiful AI Future 00:23:16 - Why Monopolies Win 00:32:36 - Inflation, AI & Collapse 00:45:16 - Bitcoin As AI Blueprint 01:01:45 - The Mythos Fear 01:17:48 - “One Year Left” 01:43:05 - The Darkest Scenario 01:58:13 - Racing Towards The Wall - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CONTACT PETE › Website – http://petermccormack.com › Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email – [email protected] › Instagram – /mccormack555 › X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH LIBERMAN BROTHERS › Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/libermans/ › Twitter – https://x.com/DaLiberman › Website – https://www.libermans.co/ SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com › LEDN…