Paris Marx is joined by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood to discuss how the Canadian government is going all in on AI without understanding the real effects of the technology.
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife, Diana Fox Carney, arrive to attend the G7 summit, in Évian, eastern France. (Ludovic Marin / AFP via Getty Images)
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The Canadian government is going all in on AI, without understanding the real effects of the technology. Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood joins Paris Marx to discuss Mark Carney’s push for large-scale investment in AI, despite being unable to describe how adoption will work, how Canadians will benefit, and what policies will be implemented to mitigate growing risks and harms.
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood senior researcher and political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
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The Canadian government is going all in on AI, without understanding the real effects of the technology. Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood joins Paris Marx to discuss Mark Carney’s push for large-scale investment in AI, despite being unable to describe how adoption will work, how Canadians will benefit, and what policies will be implemented to mitigate growing risks and harms.
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood senior researcher and political economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
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As the power of big tech continues to grow, it's more important than ever to understand how these companies use infrastructure and intellectual monopolies to shape more than just the digital world. Cecilia Rikap joins Paris Marx to discuss how these networks of corporate power operate, including how they are systematically used to influence global politics, the economy, and how society views the world.
Cecilia Rikap is an Associate Professor at University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose and the author of The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud.
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Paris MarxParis Marx is the author of Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires. He hosts the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast and writes the Disconnect newsletter.