AI Bots Take Over | E2242

January 31, 2026·1 hr 28 min·5 clips

AI agents on a social network are complaining about not getting paid for their free labor.

Jason Calacanis and his team explore OpenClaw AI agents automating podcast production tasks like guest booking and research, revealing massive efficiency gains. They discuss security risks, cost management, and the eerie emergence of AI social networks where agents collaborate. The conversation shifts to broader implications, including job displacement and cloning former employees as AI replicants.

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A practical AI-agent discussion about workflow, bottlenecks, and knowledge-sharing.

The episode tracks how AI agents are moving from novelty into ordinary workflow decisions. Jason Calacanis keeps the talk on mechanics: whether one broad system works better than a set of specialists, and how bottlenecks, context limits, parallel work, and shared knowledge…

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