Ben Davis speaks in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. The explosion of generative artificial intelligence in the last year has dizzying implications for the future of labor, culture, and the economy. Already it is being used as a tool to automate and further alienate aspects of creative production and has played a part in touching off at least one major labor action, the WGA Writers Strike. This talk will be a starting point in thinking about the theoretical and practical issues for socialists raised by A.I. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks