Tech Won't Save Us is CNN Tech's weekly, offbeat look at the world of tech. This week Jarrett Bellini talks with Dan Cevallos about his new book resisting AI. He says he feels distressed that academics are just rolling over and saying tools like chat GBT will be here for a long time to come. But those of us who are in the skeptical corner should highlight the urgent downsides, he says.
Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss how AI systems encourage ranking populations and austerity policies, and why understanding their politics is essential to opposing them.
Dan McQuillan is a Lecturer in Creative and Social Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London. He’s also the author of Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence. You can follow Dan on Twitter at @danmcquillan.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.
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