‘Corporations are Robots’: David Runciman on AI, states and the first singularity

David Runciman is a professor of Politics at Cambridge University and the host of the critically acclaimed podcast Talking Politics. In this episode of the Anti-Dystopians, he speaks to Alina Utrata about why corporations are robots, how singularity might have already come about, why we should think seriously about the political philosophy of Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs, and what technologies he worries about in the future.You can follow, Alina Utrata on Twitter @alinautrata and the Anti-Dystopians podcast on @AntiDystopians. Sign up for the Anti-Dystopians email newsletter at bit.ly/3kuGM5XAll episodes of the Anti-Dystopians are hosted and produced by Alina Utrata and are freely available to all listeners. To support the production to the show, visit: bit.ly/3AApPN4 For more articles, sign up for the Anti-Dystopians email newsletter at bit.ly/3kuGM5XArticles mentioned in this podcastSilicon Valley’s Vampire: David Runciman on Peter ThielI read Dominic Cummings blog so you don’t have to: David Runciman on Dominic CummingsElon Musk, Sea Turtles and the dangers of long-termismDangerous ideas of longtermismNick Clegg in profile in Politico The Evening Rocket: Jill Lepore’s podcast series on Elon Musk’s ideologyA long-read in the FT about how the US shut down Facebook’s crypto-currencyBooks mentioned in this podcast:The Subprime Attention Crisis by Tim HwangThe Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900 by David Edgerton Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4148-nowhere-landLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.