In the book, you describe how AI fits into this broader kind of political picture or economic picture that we've created over these past couple of decades. So maybe you can talk about how AI exacerbates these trends rather than seeking to ameliorate them. Yeah, I would say that kind of addresses my question on politics, but we can get more specific about it, right? The other thing about it from what you said was one of my first kind of revelatory moments in sort of unpicking what goes on inside an AI is actually quite interesting.
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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