The Sasquatch Paradox: Why AI Replaces Workers, Not Power | Paris Marx

The Bigfoot Manifesto · Mar 10, 2026 · 1m

Episode 19: The Sasquatch Paradox 2.0 — Why AI Replaces Workers, Not CEOs If AI is supposedly smart enough to replace drivers, writers, coders, designers, warehouse workers, and maybe even teachers, then why does it never seem to come for hedge fund managers, private equity executives, or the C-suite? In Episode 19 of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson talks with tech critic, author, and podcaster Paris Marx about the mythology surrounding artificial intelligence, the political choices embedded in automation, and why the biggest promises of AI so often line up with the interests of power…