Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / Jul 24, 2025

Decomputing for a Better Future

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Dan McQuillan on the global push toward rapid AI adoption at all costs.

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Decomputing For a Better Future | Tech Won’t Save Us
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Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss the political push by global governments towards rapid AI adoption at all costs, and how citizens can critically rethink not only our dependence on these technologies, but imagine a collective future that benefits everyone.

Dan McQuillan is a lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London and the author of Resisting AI.

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Donald Trump, center, during the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Trump hailed more than $92 billion in investments in artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure during a visit to Pennsylvania, highlighting his efforts to bolster US competitiveness in the AI field.

Donald Trump during the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Trump hailed more than $92 billion in investments in artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure.

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Paris Marx is joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss the political push by global governments toward rapid AI adoption at all costs, and how citizens can critically not only rethink our dependence on these technologies but also imagine a collective future that benefits everyone.

Dan McQuillan is a lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and the author of Resisting AI.

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Why Iran is Attacking Data Centers w/ Sam Biddle | Tech Won’t Save US
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Paris Marx is joined by Sam Biddle to discuss what it means for data centers to become targets in a war, and how Silicon Valley is aiding the US war against Iran.

Sam Biddle is a technology journalist at The Intercept.

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Paris Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.

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