In which the UK’s Starmer government meets AI fever and the Trump administration, and reveals itself to be
“deeply institutionally pathetic”
Spot on analyses of the hollow promises of tech and its capital sclerosis from James Meadway, interviewed by @parismarx for #TechWontSaveUs
https://overcast.fm/+8dw80uLBk
https://techwontsave.us/episode/266_the_uks_misguided_embrace_of_ai_hype_w_james_meadway
@xs4me2 @WIRED
Sorry. I saw this, but couldn't respond with a list until now.
In alphabetical order of podcasts in my player:
#BehindTheBastards (1st of 2)
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-curtis-yarvin-the-philosopher-217093069/
#ItCouldHappenHere
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/democratic-insiders-are-sharing-a-warning-269089828/
#KnowYourEnemy
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-your-enemy-the-afterlife-of-january-6th/
And
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-state-of-the-american-right-w-daniel-denvir/id1462703434?i=1000567330866
And
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-
Not Your Grandmother's Book Club Podcast #NYGBCpod
https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-not-your-grandmother-s-book-club-podcast/of-moldy-bugs-and-monarchists-curtis-yarvin-and-th/
#StraightWhiteAmericanJesus
https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/biden-out-jd-vances-postliberal-monarchist-catholicism/
#TechWontSaveUs by @parismarx
https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/244_the_dark_elf_leading_techs_extreme_right_w_julia_black
And
https://techwontsave.us/episode/260_the_new_tech_oligarchy_w_gaby_del_valle
#TrashFuture
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-trashfuture-31139233/episode/bastards-of-doge-feat-quinn-slobodian-268955710/
Kate Green and Milo, formerly from US Digital Services, talk with Paris Marx about the destruction DOGE brought to USDS and about the amazing stuff USDS used to do. https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/tech-wont-save-us/id1507621076?i=1000701028227 Check out the new project they are working on at https://www.wethebuilders.org/, which gives me hope after my blood nearly reached boiling point listening to their terrible tales. Excellent interview. If you are mourning the loss of #18F or you are in favour of technology for everyone, do give this podcast a listen. #ux #a11y #AltUSDS #WeTheWorkers #TechWontSaveUs
Elon Musk’s DOGE is gutting the US Digital Service and its citizen-focused approach to tech development is going with it.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I was honored to speak with Kate Green and Milo from We The Builders to discuss understand how government can build technology differently and what’s wrong with how DOGE thinks of efficiency.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/269_doge_is_gutting_the_us_digital_service_w_kate_green_and_milo
Elon Musk’s DOGE is wreaking havoc in the US, but tech leaders in Canada want their own DOGE to do much the same.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @jenstden to discuss the effort to bring the conservative-tech alliance north.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/268_canadas_tech_leaders_want_their_own_doge_w_jen_st_denis
Bei mir "reifen" Podcast-Folgen manchmal monatelang in der Queue. Heute war endlich Folge 249 " The Corruption of Open Source" vom "Tech Won't Save Us"-Podcast die Begleitung beim Wäsche machen. Gast ist, der wie immer großartige, @tante
Definitiv anhören, wenn noch nicht passiert: https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/249_the_corruption_of_open_source_w_tante
Great episode of #TechWontSaveUs with @timnitGebru
It's a real pleasure to listen to such a rich conversation on such diverse topics.
I especially liked how the topic of how the #AI industry labels people and methods was addressed.
It's the same for me, I've ended up assuming I'm a #DataScientist when I'm actually a #mechanical #engineer with a #PhD in #statistics. But the industry has decided that what I am is something I haven't studied about.
https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/267_ai_hype_enters_its_geopolitics_era_w_timnit_gebru
Generative AI isn’t delivering on its promises, but that hasn’t stopped governments from turning it into a geopolitical football.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @timnitGebru to discuss the state of AI in 2025 and how it continues to sustain the hype.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/267_ai_hype_enters_its_geopolitics_era_w_timnit_gebru
Love love @timnitGebru’s energy in this episode, no BS, just straight talk about what’s going on with the AI hype.
https://techwontsave.us/episode/267_ai_hype_enters_its_geopolitics_era_w_timnit_gebru
The tech industry wants us to think generative AI is mostly upsides, but there are a bunch of harms they don’t want us to talk about.
Up next in the premium interviews from the #TechWontSaveUs DATA VAMPIRES series is @alex!
Become a Patreon supporter to listen: https://www.patreon.com/posts/harms-of-ai-w-122478911
Listening to a 2021 Tech Won't Save Us interview with labour reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh, about Teamsters unionising scAmazon workers;
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The UK is embracing AI at any cost as it’s desperate to increase economic growth. But is that a good strategy?
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with James Meadway to discuss what’s happening in the UK and the consequences of allowing US tech to dominate.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/266_the_uks_misguided_embrace_of_ai_hype_w_james_meadway
I learned about this in a recent #TechWontSaveUs episode with Makena Kelly. Always worth a listen.
https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/264_how_doge_is_remaking_the_us_government_w_makena_kelly
Elon Musk looks invincible, but a lot of his power and wealth is tied up in Tesla.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @niedermeyer about why Tesla is more vulnerable than it might appear and how hurting it can cause problems for Musk.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/265_protesting_tesla_can_hurt_elon_musk_w_ed_niedermeyer
Over the past few weeks, Elon Musk’s DOGE has infiltrated the US government and begun dismantling pieces of it.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @makenakellyx about the threat DOGE poses to government services and everyone who depends on them.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/264_how_doge_is_remaking_the_us_government_w_makena_kelly
Sam Altman imagines a grand AI-powered future for humanity, but isn’t too concerned with what it might actually mean for average people.
Up next in the premium interviews from DATA VAMPIRES on #TechWontSaveUs is Julia Black!
Become a Patreon supporter to listen: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sam-altmans-self-121900591
Got to love the way US liberals stumble on things that are now obvious, and treat them as amazing new discoveries. The wailing and gnashing of teeth about "cyberlibertarianism";
https://techwontsave.us/episode/261_the_problem_with_cyberlibertarianism_w_chris_gilliard
... mostly seems to consist of stuff that people in the software freedom movements, and others, have been talking about since the last century.
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Tech billionaires want the media to praise them, and they’ve been working for years to change shift its incentives.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Eoin Higgins to discuss how they made it profitable for influential voices to move to the right.
Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/263_the_tech_oligarchys_campaign_against_the_media_w_eoin_higgins
Excellent podcast about the conservative ideology that shaped the Internet, as well as media and Internet policy, in America, from #TechWontSaveUs (and host @parismarx ):
The guest, Becca Lewis, published some of the facts discussed in the podcast in a Guardian article recently:
Really interesting episode from #TechWontSaveUs about #spotify with Liz Pellet &
@parismarx
I don't regret at all having stopped using it. You should listen to it to understand why.
https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/262_how_spotify_remade_the_music_industry_w_liz_pelly
