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Smith's pipeline gambit and the rise of AI slop

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Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's bold move to create a public-private pipeline consortium, forcing a political showdown with Ottawa and British Columbia over energy infrastructure. They examine Alberta's potential "Faustian bargain," which is to accept federal involvement through carbon capture subsidies in exchange for pipeline approval. They warn that this could transform Alberta's market-driven economy into something resembling the government-dependent "Laurentian capitalism" of central Canada. In the second half, they address the growing problem of "AI slop"—mediocre, artificially-generated content flooding digital platforms—and its impact on productivity and authentic human communication.

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Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's bold move to create a public-private pipeline consortium, forcing a political showdown with Ottawa and British Columbia over energy infrastructure. They examine Alberta's potential "Faustian bargain," which is to accept federal involvement through carbon capture subsidies in exchange for pipeline approval. They warn that this could transform Alberta's market-driven economy into something resembling the government-dependent "Laurentian capitalism" of central Canada. In the second half, they address the growing problem of "AI slop"—mediocre, artificially-generated content flooding digital platforms—and its impact on productivity and authentic human communication.

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The Hub is Canada’s fastest growing independent digital news outlet.

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Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer & Editor

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer - Hosts

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