Captured

The Secret Behind Silicon Valley’s AI Takeover

De: Christopher Wylie, Isobel Cockerell, Becky Lipscombe

Narrado por: Christopher Wylie, Isobel Cockerell

Captured: The Secret Behind Silicon Valley’s AI Takeover is a thrilling journey into the hidden worlds of the tech elite, and a whistleblower’s look into the sci-fi future they’re building for all of us.

Seven years ago, a pink-haired young data analyst called Christopher Wylie blew the whistle on a company called Cambridge Analytica. The scandal he unleashed revealed how millions of Facebook users’ data was being harvested to influence elections. It was supposed to be a turning point—one where the tech companies were regulated, their power kept in check. But Silicon Valley is now more powerful than ever. President Trump is back in the White House with tech billionaire Elon Musk by his side, and the tech giants are racing to build AI systems that could give them unprecedented power over our lives.

Our destiny is being imagined for us by some of the richest and most powerful people in the world. They’re promising they can solve all our problems—end toil and suffering, and propel us into a utopia where we can live forever and never have to work.

AI has become the new religion. Are we going to follow it? Do we even have a choice? Or have the tech evangelists captured our future? Join Christopher Wylie and Coda Story’s Isobel Cockerell as they journey from exclusive crypto parties in Dubai, to the slums of Kenya where thousands of hidden workers are training AI models, to the hacker palaces of San Francisco where tech’s true believers talk about merging computers with our brains.

Note that this production incorporates limited uses of AI to illustrate how AI functions and is applied in various contexts.

©2025 Coda Story (P)2025 Audible Originals, LLC

Absolutely loved this podcast!

Insightful, engaging, and incredibly well-produced. The hosts do a fantastic job of diving into the topic and keeping things interesting. If you’re curious about who’s really designing our future and whether we have any say in it, this is a must-listen, highly recommend!

Interesting

They covered several different topics and interviewed a variety of people. They had engaging discussions and interesting outcomes.

objective journalism!

I appreciated the short duration. This is journalism at its finest. Today, news GIVES you your opinion. This book presents information in a way that allows me to think for myself. Truly enjoyed this book

A provacative listen

I learned some things. A very interesting tour of the forces and opinions driving AI

Insane possibilities

I did thoroughly enjoy this Audible original, it shows the insane possibility of our future, and it also shows the pluses and minuses to humanity, and what humanity can create with intelligence. I felt there was a little bit of political bias involved in this, but aside from that it was very well done

They showed that innocent seeming things can be down right evil.

It was likeable due to the interesting nature of the overall plot. It also opens our eyes regarding the greed and evil behind data collection and how it is being used and how money 💰 not people is what really matters to these organizations that do desperately want our personal information. It makes a guy paranoid about disclosure of said data. That's about it. K, bye

The podcast brings new original insight into tech culture

This was a really thoughtful take on a subjects that has become vital for us all to understand. It presents a whole new perspective on the culture of Silicon Valley and the repercussions for our society. It was really excellent!

Stuff I did not know about Artificial Intelligence

This blew my mind! Facebook as a tool of repression. People in 3rd World countries hired by Facebook & similar platforms to sort through & remove unbelievable violence; & how they suffer mental disability as a result. That nothing that is being accomplished now will be predictable or inevitable. People whose lives & careers have been destroyed by false assertions, rumor & innuendo.

Blown away

This woke me up to the reality of what an AI world would look like and the human cost it could have. There are so many scenes where the philosophy behind how tech bros vision for our world is laid bare and - apart from occasional moments of hope - the story is pretty chilling. Really recommend to anyone who is interested not only in AI but also the mentality driving the direction we're headed. Great storytelling.

Powerfully thought provoking

This was a real eye opener about AI and fairly balanced on the pros & cons. This audiobook will have me thinking for a very long time.