Brianna Joy Gray

AI position

Aware of x-risk

Devoted a full episode segment to Silicon Valley pro-extinctionism with Émile Torres, but it is not a recurring dedicated thread.

Why influential

Builds a direct, recurring relationship with audiences through long-form or personality-led media; guests and clips can quickly alter candidate incentives and issue salience. Primary policy lanes: labor; foreign policy; elections; democratic politics.

Who pays attention

Labor activists, antiwar groups, younger left voters, Democratic critics and online political audiences

Work samples

• Briahna Joy Gray and I Discuss AI, Chomsky, and the Apocalypse (Bad Faith w/ Émile Torres)

  Dec 1, 2025 · podcast

  Second hour of the episode covers Silicon Valley pro-extinctionism and AI-driven human extinction ethics with Émile Torres.

• The Techno Dystopia Has Arrived (w/ Dr. Anita Say Chan)

  Mar 16, 2026 · podcast

  Episode 558; discusses Pentagon/Claude AI contracting fight and techno-feudalist trajectory of Big Tech. Apple show page used as best available primary link; specific episode URL not directly resolvable via search.

• Bad Faith panel on AI data centers and the Jacobin/Bernie Sanders moratorium debate

  Jan 1, 2025 · podcast

  Panel with journalists including Jael Holzman (Heatmap) and Dr. Margo Paez discussing AI data center buildout and Holly Buck's Jacobin piece opposing Sanders' data center moratorium; exact episode URL not isolated.

AI-world contacts

• Émile Torres — Philosopher and writer on AI existential risk, TESCREAL critique, and extinction ethics, Independent / Dystopia Now

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified — Recurring commentator on AI x-risk and Silicon Valley ideology; interviewed at length on Bad Faith about AI-driven extinction risk.

• Anita Say Chan — Associate Professor, Information Sciences and Media Studies; STS scholar covering AI/military tech policy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Wrote aboutdirectness unclassified — Guest on Bad Faith discussing Pentagon-Claude AI defense contracting and Big Tech power consolidation.