{"podcast":{"title":"The Peter McCormack Show","slug":"the-peter-mccormack-show-525419","podcast_index_feed_id":525419,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69d4f193b76468caacc5068f","website_url":"https://www.petermccormack.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69d4f193b76468caacc5068f/show-cover.jpg","author":"Peter McCormack","episode_count":1075,"summary":"The Peter McCormack Show - politics, macro, Bitcoin and AI, long-form interviews. Twice-weekly conversations about money, power, and the shifts reshaping the next decade. Peter McCormack interviews politicians, economists, investors, journalists, founders and Bitcoiners. Past guests include Liz Truss, Lyn Alden, Curtis Yarvin, Matt Goodwin, Mike Green, Balaji Srinivasan, Rupert Lowe, Firas Modad, Scott Horton, Jeff Booth, Connor Leahy, Andrea Miotti, Neema Parvini, Dr Tim Gregory and Simon Dixon. Recurring threads: the debt and inflation endgame, UK political collapse and what comes after, Reform and the populist wave, the Middle East and the American war machine, AI safety and the race for superintelligence, energy and net zero, Bitcoin adoption and policy, and the slow-motion decline of Western institutions. Long-form - most episodes run 60 to 120 minutes. New episodes 2 to 3 times per week. Video on YouTube and Spotify. Host: Peter McCormack, a retired rapper from Bedford, UK, trying to understand this crazy world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T06:19:00.527164+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419"},"episode":{"title":"#173 - Liberman - We’re Training AI to Get Rid Of Us","slug":"173-liberman-we-re-training-ai-to-get-rid-of-us","published_at":"2026-05-08T17:46:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/173-liberman-we-re-training-ai-to-get-rid-of-us","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-peter-mccormack-show/episodes/173-daniil-david-liberman-youre-paying-ai-to-replace-you","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69d4f193b76468caacc5068f/e/69fe216d051b78474e406290/media.mp3","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 – me@petermccormack.com › 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…","meta_description":"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 sol…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7311,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/episodes/173-liberman-we-re-training-ai-to-get-rid-of-us/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-peter-mccormack-show-525419/173-liberman-we-re-training-ai-to-get-rid-of-us.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}