Can Europe save the world from the AI apocalypse?

When it comes to the future of AI, we – like seemingly everyone else – have way more questions than answers. Could European legislation do anything to protect us from job losses and “rogue” models? Can the chatbots created on this continent compete with those being developed by the US and China? What would it mean to win (or lose) the “AI race”? And most importantly: how doomed are we?

We put those questions and more to Aleksandra Przegalińska, a Polish AI researcher and philosopher and a fellow at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School. Aleksandra is one of the most engaging and entertaining voices we know on this topic, and we walked away from this conversation feeling… dare we say… hopeful? We hope you’ll feel the same.

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Resources for this episode:

• Aleksandra on Instagram
• “AI Optimism Globally Widespread Despite Uneven Use” – Gallup, 22 September 2026
• Aleksandra on Microsoft–Gallup’s AI adoption survey
• “Arthur Mensch, CEO of French start-up Mistral AI: 'AI is software. It can be controlled'” – Le Monde, 24 September 2026
• “Data Centre Silence” – Lighthouse Reports, 30 September 2026

Co-hosts: Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

Senior producer: Katy Lee

Producers: Morgan Childs and Wojciech Oleksiak

Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

Intern: Inês Ruivo

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