--- title: "The Australia Institute: \"Every dollar spent replacing a worker with AI is a dollar no…\" | Politics Computer" description: "Every dollar spent replacing a worker with AI is a dollar no longer paid in wages.\n\nThat's not a side effect of the AI boom. For many AI companies, it" url: "https://politics.computer/ad/8cd7a3f6171dba99fac13a7e2935997b8a22cb33c24d7ef19ce6e8eac5b818b1" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Ads](https://politics.computer/ads) / [The Australia Institute](https://politics.computer/who/the-australia-institute) **The Australia Institute** Sponsored Every dollar spent replacing a worker with AI is a dollar no longer paid in wages. That's not a side effect of the AI boom. For many AI companies, it's the business model. Richard Denniss explains why the future being sold by Silicon Valley should raise serious questions for workers, governments and investors alike. 🎧 Listen now to the What's the Point? podcast on all major platforms. australiainstitute.org.au **New episode available now** See details Interest group, Federal # [The Australia Institute](https://politics.computer/who/the-australia-institute) Spent Under $300 Times shown Under 300 Running since 5 Nov 2026 Run as 3 separate ads, 3 still running. Figures add up all of them. ## What the ad says Every dollar spent replacing a worker with AI is a dollar no longer paid in wages. That's not a side effect of the AI boom. For many AI companies, it's the business model. Richard Denniss explains why the future being sold by Silicon Valley should raise serious questions for workers, governments and investors alike. 🎧 Listen now to the What's the Point? podcast on all major platforms. 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