Dan McQuillan: We can imagine a different way of organizing things. But the system, you know, kind of limits what we can do there. And I think one of the functions of these tech billionaires like Sam Altman's is to limit what we can imagine for the future. The ultimate lesson of AI is no matter how complicated this stuff is and how wizzy and sci-fi it seems to be, it's nothing compared to the insights in ordinary people.
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.
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