Former OpenAI Exec Reveals the Shocking Truth About AI’s Future

Written byAdam Shapiro
Thursday, Sep 11, 2025 3:00 pm ET1min read
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- Zack Kass, former OpenAI executive, discusses AI's transformative impact on global systems in a Capital & Power episode.

- He highlights falling AI costs, China's strategic investments, and how AI could redefine capitalism, democracy, and social contracts.

- Kass emphasizes balancing risks from malicious actors with opportunities in scientific breakthroughs, as outlined in his upcoming book.

- The conversation focuses on optimism for human potential expansion through AI, while addressing critical risks in governance and ethics.

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What happens when one of AI’s leading voices — Zack Kass, global AI advisor, professor, and former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI — sits down to talk about the forces reshaping our world? From the falling cost of intelligence to China’s AI strategy, from the risks of bad actors to the promises of new scientific frontiers — Kass lays out why he believes we’re entering nothing short of a Next Renaissance. We cover:

  • Why today’s AI breakthroughs are just the beginning 🚀
  • The shift from scarcity to unmetered intelligence ⚡
  • How AI may redefine capitalism, democracy & the social contract 🌍
  • The dangers we should be focused on (and the ones we shouldn’t) 🔥
  • Insights from his upcoming book: The Next Renaissance: AI and the Expansion of Human Potential 📖

This is not doom-and-gloom. It’s an unmissable conversation about optimism, risk, and the future of human potential in the age of AI.

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Adam Shapiro

Adam Shapiro is a three-time Emmy Award–winning content creator, former network news correspondent, and founder of the multimedia production company TALKENOMICS. At AInvest, he created and launched Capital & Power, a video podcast series designed to drive engagement and establish thought leadership, while also producing original live streams, financial articles, and investor-focused video content. Previously, as a correspondent at FOX Business, Shapiro established the network’s Washington, D.C. bureau, reported from the White House, Capitol Hill, and the Federal Reserve, and secured exclusive bipartisan interviews with influential leaders. His reporting helped solidify FOX Business as the most-watched business channel on television. At the same time, his original Talkenomics series drew tens of thousands of viewers per episode through insightful conversations with policymakers, economists, and thought leaders. At Yahoo Finance, he played a critical leadership role in expanding digital programming to eight hours of live, bell-to-bell financial news coverage, dramatically increasing traffic from 68M to 104M unique monthly visitors and growing ad revenue from zero to over $50 million annually. Yahoo Finance continues to benefit from the credibility of Shapiro’s exclusive interviews with former President Donald Trump and numerous Fortune 500 CEOs.

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