The backlash against AI among young people appears codependent as they rely on it for more and more, while also being some of its most vocal opponents.

In this episode, Ben sits down with Jasmine Sun, writer and journalist covering the AI economy, to explore what youth sentiment toward AI reveals about jobs, inequality, and the world being built around us.

Topics covered:

• Why young people's hostility to AI is rational and what it has to do with affordability, distrust of institutions, and declining faith in upward mobility
• How AI sentiment differs across countries
• The Silicon Valley worldview: why the push for AGI and generality reflects specific beliefs about human limitations and who gets to build the future
• The "permanent underclass" concept: what has to be true for it to happen, why some in AI actually believe it, and why even the moderate version is alarming
• Today's teenagers as the first true "AI Generation"

About Jasmine Sun: Jasmine Sun is a writer and journalist focused on the economics of AI, work, and inequality. She writes on Substack and has reported extensively on how AI is reshaping early career labor markets, Silicon Valley culture, and the future of economic mobility.

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