The AI Lobby’s Dirty Tricks (Robert Wright & Tyler Johnston) (opens in new tab)

Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 2:43 The Midas Project and the OpenAI files 12:19 What’s “Build American AI” up to? 21:00 Nathan Leamer, astroturfer and sock puppeteer 29:04 Greg Brockman, AI lobby bankroller 35:13 Astroturfing the China panic 39:51 Is OpenAI an innocent bystander? 48:31 Heading to Overtime Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Tyler Johnston (The Midas Project). Recorded June 09, 2026. Twitter: