RU251: DR ISABEL MILLAR & DWAYNE MONROE ON PSYCHOANALYSIS & AI DOOMERISM

Rendering Unconscious episode 251. Dr. Isabel Millar is a philosopher and psychoanalytic theorist from London. She is the author of The Psychoanalysis of Artificial Intelligence published in the Palgrave Lacan Series in 2021, and Patipolitics: On the Government of Sexual Suffering forthcoming with Bloomsbury in 2023. She is Associate Researcher at Newcastle University, Department of Philosophy, and Research Fellow and Faculty at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies where she lectures with their newly formed Institute of Psychoanalysis and on the MA Philosophy. https://www.isabelmillar.com Dwayne Monroe is a technologist and Marxist analyst of the tech sector with 20 years of experience in North America and Europe. Dwayne uses his hands-on knowledge to critique the nature and characteristics of the industry from a dialectical perspective. He’s currently finishing a book, ‘Attack Mannequins’ about the AI industry and has written for The Nation, Logic Magazine and Sublation Media. You can follow his blog at https://monroelab.net https://dwaynemonroe.com You can support the podcast at our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is greatly appreciated! This episode also available at YouTube: https://youtu.be/_54STS6XhtU For more check out: RU239: ISABEL MILLAR & DWAYNE MONROE PRESENT “VIRILIO’S LOST DIMENSIONS: THE PSYCHIC AND THE TECHNICAL” & “FROM SUCCESS COMES FAILURE, ON THE DIALECTICS OF CLOUD COMPUTING” RU188: DWAYNE MONROE – CLOUD ARCHITECT, MARXIST TECH ANALYST, INTERNET POLEMICIST ON AI PROPAGANDA RU137: ISABEL MILLAR ON AI, SEX, CULTURE, FILM & THE FUTURE RU21: ISABEL MILLAR, PHILOSOPHER & LACANIAN SCHOLAR ON PSYCHOANALYSIS & SEX-BOTS Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvanessasinclair23 Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is “The Unconscious is a Simulacrum” from the album "Indulgence not Abstinence" by Vanessa Sinclair & Pete Murphy: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Music also available to stream via Spotify & other streaming platforms. Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image: Dr. Isabel Millar & Dwayne Monroe