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EPISODE · Jul 27, 2026 · 5 MIN

Got Existential Questions About AI? Try “Life, Automated”

from Bay Curious · host KQED

Olivia shares the trailer for a new show. "Life, Automated" explores how to live, work, and make decisions in a world increasingly shaped by machines. What does the economy look like if AI can do much of what humans can? Will AI tools isolate us further, or steer us back toward community and common ground? Can the average person expect to be better off a decade from now? And what the heck should we tell a sixteen-year-old who wants to know whether learning German (or design, or coding, or the piano) is still worth it? Life, Automated is grounded and non-ideological, going deep without getting too technical. Because you shouldn’t need to be an “AI person” to understand the future we’re collectively building. Find it wherever you listen or at https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/lifeautomated Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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