Can Marxism offer a framework for understanding artificial intelligence (AI) and the tech bros behind it?This is not to suggest that Marxism is a viable economic system or a practical alternative to capitalism. It’s not. But Karl Marx was a heterodox economist before he became an ideologue, and some of his ideas are powerful tools for understanding economics, even if his overall program was a failure.Let’s use some of those tools to understand the rise of AI oligarchs and the future of AI.We begin with Marx’s main idea: the abolition of private property. How do tech bros feel about private...