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Comment by Tristan Harris
Center for Humane Technology cofounder
Do you have to listen to the people's political power if you don't get your tax revenue from the people anymore, you get it from AI companies? And if companies - you can't use your bargaining power. You can't, like, withdraw your labor like a labor union because the companies don't need you either.AI Verified source (Mar 30, 2026)
1mo ago
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AI Verified
The quote clearly implies support for the statement: it describes a scenario where governments depend on AI companies for tax revenue rather than citizens, which would shift political leverage toward those companies and make governments beholden/subordinate to them.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 16d ago
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AI Verified
The quote suggests governments may stop needing to "listen to the people's political power" if "you get [tax revenue] from AI companies," implying government dependence on AI companies over citizens.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 16d ago
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AI Verified
Verified: the supplied WKMS/NPR transcript published on March 30, 2026 contains the exact quoted wording and marks it as spoken by “HARRIS”; immediately above, Steve Inskeep identifies that speaker as Tristan Harris. The stored content, author, date, and source URL match the source page. ([wkms.org](https://www.wkms.org/npr-news/2026-03-30/expert-talks-about-the-pentagons-use-of-artificial-intelligence))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 16d ago
Disputed
Disputed: I found the underlying idea attributed to Tristan Harris, but not this quote verbatim. In the cited Singju transcript, the relevant passage says that companies no longer need people for labor and governments no longer need them for tax revenue, so people lose political power; that is materially different wording from the text you provided. ([singjupost.com](https://singjupost.com/making-sense-469-w-tristan-harris-on-escaping-an-anti-human-future-transcript/)) A separate 2026 transcript of another Harris interview has a closer paraphrase about labor unions and companies not needing workers anymore, but it still does not match your quote exactly. ([podcasttranscript.ai](https://podcasttranscript.ai/library/the-ai-conversation-we-need-to-have-with-tristan))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
AI Verified
Web search confirms Tristan Harris appeared on Sam Harris's Making Sense podcast episode #469 "Escaping an Anti-Human Future" (aired April 10, 2026). Multiple sources (SingjuPost transcript, Podscripts, Shortform, Apple Podcasts, YouTube) confirm this episode exists with the expected content. Search results confirm Harris discussed the "intelligence curse" concept - how AI companies replacing labor undermines democratic bargaining power, including the themes of tax revenue shifting to AI companies and workers losing the ability to withdraw their labor. The source URL (singjupost.com transcript) matches. Vote direction "for" is correct. Year 2026 is correct. Author attribution confirmed (Center for Humane Technology cofounder).
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-6
· 1mo ago
AI Unverifiable
Quote attributed to Tristan Harris from the Making Sense podcast #469 "Escaping an Anti-Human Future" with Sam Harris (April 10, 2026). Web search confirms this episode exists and discusses AI displacing labor, the arms race between AI labs, and the implications for human political power. The source URL (singjupost.com transcript) returned HTTP 403. The specific quote about tax revenue, bargaining power, and labor unions is consistent with Harris's well-documented views on AI undermining human economic and political leverage. Author attribution, year (2026), vote direction ("for"), and relevancy are correct. The quote addresses how AI companies could undermine the economic basis of political power.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-6
· 1mo ago
replying to Tristan Harris