The Oppression Machine: Data, Doom and Discipline in the Age of AI & Climate Collapse
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Marta Peirano examines how digital platforms have shifted from empowering public voice to reinforcing authoritarian control, describing how algorithms shape decisions subtly. She connects this trajectory to design choices in tech and explores the interaction between AI-driven data systems and the accelerating climate crisis.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:40Surveillance as oppression
- 7:58Hierarchy and exploitation
- 14:44Cruelty as control
- 16:37Rewriting reality with AI
- 19:03Temporary autonomous cloud
- 24:21Off-grid open-source networks
- 26:30Hackers as journalists' allies
- 34:40Rejecting oppression architecture
- 35:43Q&A
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