The dominance of Big Tech in governments and economies around the world has become almost too blatant. What, if anything, should and can we do? Listen to different speakers across philosophy, politics, economics, and more talk on Big Tech – the growing threat, the needed solution, and its insidious rise.
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Debates and talks featured (all are available on iai.tv with a free trial):
The danger and problem of the algorithm (2024)
https://iai.tv/video/the-danger-and-promise-of-the-algorithm?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=the-rise-of-big-tech-highlights
The great rewiring of our lives (2024)
https://iai.tv/video/the-great-rewiring-of-our-lives?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=the-rise-of-big-tech-highlights
Big tech and lost promises (2022)
https://iai.tv/video/big-tech-and-lost-promises?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=the-rise-of-big-tech-highlights
The new ruling class (2022)
https://iai.tv/video/the-new-ruling-class-yanis-varoufakis?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=the-rise-of-big-tech-highlights
Controlling the tech titans (2024)
https://iai.tv/video/controlling-the-tech-titans?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=the-rise-of-big-tech-highlights
Capitalism, Big Tech, and the nation state (2024)
https://iai.tv/video/capitalism-big-tech-and-the-nation-state?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=the-rise-of-big-tech-highlights
Dive into our full archive, including more debates and solo talks from the speakers you see here and more.
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00:00 Introduction
01:10 Aaron Bastani & Craig Gent: The age of the algorithm
06:13 Jonathan Haidt: The social behemoths (Meta, TikTok, and more)
09:15 Shannon Vallor: AI’s distortions
12:53 Damian Tambini: The threat to liberal democracy
14:26 Yanis Varoufakis: On technofeudalism
22:31 Shannon Vallor: Regulating Big Tech
25:50 Anu Bradford: China vs the West approach
29:47 Damian Tambini: How to regulate
33:03 Kenneth Cukier: Looking into ourselves
35:20 Shannon Vallor: Challenging tech determinism
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