The New Military-Industrial Complex
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Sam Biddle talks about Silicon Valley’s rush to become part of the American imperial project.

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Paris Marx is joined by Sam Biddle to discuss how Silicon Valley is shamelessly courting government military contracts, using tactics to silence employee dissent and normalize the situation to the public, and what it all means for the future of military geopolitics.
Sam Biddle is a senior technology reporter at The Intercept.
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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Sam Biddle, senior technology reporter at The Intercept, to discuss how Silicon Valley is shamelessly courting government military contracts and using tactics to silence employee dissent and normalize the situation to the public. And they talk about what it all means for the future of military geopolitics.
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Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
What happens when a government goes all in on AI? It creates some huge vulnerabilities. Will Dunn joins Paris Marx to dig into how the UK government is using chatbots to write laws without public consultation and why it isn’t asking the hard questions about the risks of that growing reliance on US technology.
Will Dunn is the business editor at the New Statesman.
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