Ezra Klein

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1,272 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 2d ago

Ezra Klein’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Hard Fork · The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy? · 27 Mar 2026 podcast

Well, I think time is a really good way of describing what the question is, because I agree with you. voice-verified

I mean, when I say unemployment insurance isn't a great program to be on, I don't mean people don't need to be on it. voice-verified

I mean, they want to get off of it. voice-verified

Absolutely. voice-verified

Because people, they want money from jobs, they want dignity, they want to be around other human beings. voice-verified

Usually what you're doing... voice-verified

when you are helping people buy time is you're helping them wait out a time-delimited disruption. voice-verified

Not always, right? voice-verified

The China shock wasn't exactly like that, but that you expect to pass and then the market is sort of normal. voice-verified

In this case, what you have is a technology that if what you want to have happen happens, voice-verified

The technology is accelerating. voice-verified

So what you have is like three different speeds happening here. voice-verified

You have the speed at which individual people can adjust. voice-verified

How fast can I learn new skills, figure out a new world, learn AI, whatever it might be. voice-verified

You have a speed at which the AI systems, which a couple of years ago were not capable of doing the work of a median college grad from a good school. voice-verified

And you have the speed of policy. voice-verified

And the speed at which the AI systems are getting better and able to do more things is quite fast. voice-verified

I mean, you experience this more than I do, but I find it hard to even cover this because within three months, something else will have come out that has significantly changed what is possible. voice-verified

Individual humans are... voice-verified

Moving more slowly than that. voice-verified

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