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Ben Wray – Negotiating the Algorithm: Trade Union Manual
New study for the European Trade Union Confederation answers the following questions: Access the manual HERE.
Artificial Intelligence
Economics
Ann Pettifor – The money system & the false hope of UBI
‘Why a system of worklessness would fail both society and planet’. In Ann Pettifor’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Solutions
Eric Ross – No, We Don’t Need a New Manhattan Project for AI
The AI race has parallels with the nukes race at the start of the atomic age – just like then, humanity itself may be in jeopardy. Eric Ross is an organizer, educator, researcher, and PhD […]
Geopolitics
Daniel G. B. Weissmann – Germany Is Using AI to Erase Pro-Palestinian Speech
‘Germany has been one of the worst Western countries for whitewashing Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Now it wants to do it with AI.’ In Jacobin.
EU politics
How Can We Make AI Work? – Interview with Esther Lynch
Interview with the leader of the European Trade Union Confederation about artificial intelligence and work. Esther Lynch is the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). Seden Anlar is a Brussels-based journalist, podcast host/producer, moderator, […]
Geopolitics
Akhil Bhardwaj – How the risk of AI weapons could spiral out of control
There’s a consensus that AI weapons are extremely dangerous, but the Pentagon and big tech are pressing ahead anyway. Dr. Akhil Bhardwaj is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) of Strategy and Organisation at the University […]
Solutions
Florent Marcellesi – Can AI be sustainable and just?
Artificial Intelligence incurs great dangers to people and planet, but like any technology it could be used for good in the right hands. Florent Marcellesi is co-spokesperson and a former MEP for the Spanish Green party […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Cloud Capital vs AI: DeepSeek, Technofeudalism, Capitalism and the New Cold War
What does Deepseek tell us about the relationship between the tech oligarchy and market competition? Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist and politician. A former academic, he served as the Greek Minister of Finance from […]
Geopolitics
Antony Loewenstein – Israel’s use of AI in Gaza is a terrifying model coming to a country near you
An under-reported aspect of the Gaza genocide is the role of big tech in sharpening the Israeli murder machine. Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist, best–selling author, filmmaker and co–founder of Declassified Australia. He’s written […]
Solutions
Ambuj Tewari – DeepSeek’s great innovation is efficiency
A simple explanation of what DeepSeek has done to reduce the costs of generative AI so spectacularly. Ambuj Tewari is Professor of Statistics at the University of Michigan and an expert in Machine Learning. Cross-posted […]