Technological Doom Is Already Here w/Conor McGlynn
from The Future is Human
In this episode of The Future is Human, I'm joined by Conor McGlynn — a writer and PhD researcher at Harvard's Program on Science, Technology, and Society — to discuss his Compact essay "AI and the Myth of the Machine." Drawing on the 20th-century technology critic Lewis Mumford, we talk about techno-optimism as a kind of secular faith, what the Amish and Orthodox Jewish communities understand about adopting technology on their own terms, why the data-center boom feels so undemocratic, and why technological "doom" is not a future event but something already unfolding around us. Links and references: Conor McGlynn's Compact essay, "AI and the Myth of the Machine": https://www.compactmag.com/article/ai-and-the-myth-of-the-machine/ More of Conor's writing at Compact Magazine: https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-emerging-ai-policy-consensus/ https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-ai-backlash-turns-violent/ https://www.compactmag.com/article/big-techs-war-on-democracy/ The China Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcukTqc1cJJ4K3c4uzxTzjA Got feedback? Email Zac at [email protected]
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