Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast Transcripts
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Every week Chris Hayes asks the big questions that keep him up at night. How do we make sense of this unprecedented moment in world history? Why is this (all) happening? This podcast starts to answer these questions.
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The AI End Game: How Work is Changing with Ethan Mollick
May 12, 2026
Ethan Mollick (0:00)
There's a lot of people who really just think AI is going to go away. There's something here that this isn't real, the systems aren't as good as you say they are, they make mistakes. This is real. I talk to CEOs all the time, they are getting value out of it. It's funny because they'll say things like 10 million, 20…
Chris Hayes (0:21)
No.
Ethan Mollick (0:22)
Maybe people get better jobs, but we need the systems in place to cushion it, which means we believe this is real.
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