Ep.12 - Artificial intelligence and war games

Ep.12 - Artificial intelligence and war games

The debate surrounding artificial intelligence is dominated by the concept of “existential risk”, or the fear that we as humans feel that an invention can get out of our control. Humanity is facing the dangers of a sudden technological paradigm shift, just like at the times of nuclear energy and the Bomb. Unlike the Cold War, though, there’s no logic of deterrence and no principle of containment. Artificial intelligence is the brainchild of a few choice individuals in Silicon Valley, but it has thousands of implications and multiple potentially devastating risks. So, we can’t possibly hope to contain it unless we imagine a pervasive and permanent surveillance state, and even that might not be enough. The audio inserts you hear in this episode are taken from Wargames, a 1983 film directed by John Badham and produced by MGM/UA Entertainment Co., available on Prime Video.

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Ep.13 - Artificial Intelligence between the apocalypse and techno-optimism

Ep.13 - Artificial Intelligence between the apocalypse and techno-optimism

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Ep.11 - The Gig Economy is broken

Ep.11 - The Gig Economy is broken

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Ep.10 - Airbnb, the night of techno-finance

Ep.10 - Airbnb, the night of techno-finance

Recently, the court of Milan has seized 779 million euros from Airbnb, the largest web service in the short-term homestay market. According to investigation, the digital goliath failed to pay its taxe...

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Ep.9 - Coltan and the map of pain

Ep.9 - Coltan and the map of pain

It’s called Coltan, and it’s a precious mineral used to make electronics and computers. Essential to build smartphone capacitors and batteries, mostly extracted in Africa. In the last year and a half,...

15 Marras 202312min

Ep.8 - The new gold rush

Ep.8 - The new gold rush

In 2023, the price of gold has almost reached a historic high, and rising. The greatest safe-haven asset, the most coveted metal, is the answer to the great crises that have been battering us incessan...

8 Marras 202310min

Ep.7 - Federico Caffè and the Ghosts of Keynes

Ep.7 - Federico Caffè and the Ghosts of Keynes

30th of October 1998, the Court of Rome officially declares the presumed death of Federico Caffè – the economist who disappeared without a trace one morning in April 1987. Professor of Economic and Fi...

1 Marras 202314min

Ep.6 - Central Banks on the wire of inflation

Ep.6 - Central Banks on the wire of inflation

The specter of inflation is back in the western world, and the Central Banks are struggling to keep it under control. The war in Ukraine and the Middle East, the return of supply chains after thirty y...

25 Loka 202312min

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