Behind the News: The Utopian Dreams of AI Moguls w/ Émile Torres
Plus: Daniel Wortel-London on the fiscal history of NYC.
Jacobin Radio · Jacobin
September 15, 202553m 4s
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Show Notes
Émile Torres, who co-wrote an article with Timnit Gebru for First Monday about AI, discusses tech moguls’ dreams of transcending the merely human. Daniel Wortel-London, author of The Menace of Prosperity, looks at the fiscal history of NYC, and considers how we could do better than subsidizing the rich.
Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.