I think it's pretty inevitable that all of us in one way or another are subjected to greater precariousness and more sort of threats in some way. There's a systemic set of circumstances in which AI emerges, you know,. It's no accident that's emerged at this time in this form and to which AI forms a kind of feedback loop. We need to have a techno politics where we understand that what we understand as politics always rests on is delivered through particular technologies.
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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