On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Dan McQuillan on the global push toward rapid AI adoption at all costs.
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.(Brian Kaiser / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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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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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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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.
Not long ago, tech jobs were sought after for their security, benefits, wages, and the progressive values promoted by Silicon Valley companies. But now workers are barely hanging on. Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan join Paris Marx to discuss the state of worker organizing in the tech industry, including how it’s changed since the mid-2010s and where it needs to go from here.
Clarissa Redwine is a tech worker and labor activist. JS Tan is a PhD candidate at MIT and writes the Value Added newsletter. They are the authors of Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World's Most Powerful Industry.
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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.