With companies like OpenAI taking Pentagon contracts and Elon Musk using government resources to scrub Americans' data, it's hard to feel that there are any tangible ways to resist the techno-fascist backslide. To regain a sense of social agency, we are convening a participatory conference inspired by the Luddite movement. We will tackle questions such as: What is the relationship between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon? What are the social and political consequences of new AI technologies? And what can we do in response?
Please join us for a day of learning how Big Tech brought us to this existentially threatening moment, and how we can reclaim personal and collective agency for a participatory future.
Our speakers will include William Hartung (author of Trillion Dollar War Machine), Koohan Paik-Mander (co-founder of the Tech-Critics Network), and Juan Sebastian Pinto (Colorado People's Caucus on AI).
Conference Schedule
Time: 10am to 3pm
Date: Tuesday, June 30th
Location: The New School's Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
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Please register in advance. This conference is part of The Summer of Ludd, happening across NYC from June 28th to July 5th.
Presented by Philosophy Department at The New School for Social Research and University Initiatives.
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