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Is Silicon Valley Still the Tech Capital?


On this special episode of "Uncanny Valley" recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, our hosts discuss Silicon Valley's history and future.

Our global editorial director, Katie Drummond, had a really fun and sharp conversation with Jack Conte, the CEO of Patreon, about what it takes to make authentic work in the era of AI and influencers. Katie, speaking of dinner party conversations, one thing that I've been hearing from folks out here, when they're not talking about their latest and greatest AI startups, is WIRED covers a lot of politics these days. It is WIRED as a place where you can find genuine expertise around protecting yourself from all of the risks that maybe as Americans and people living in the United States, you felt less vulnerable to historically that you should now be paying attention to, so probably those.

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