Katika Kühnreich
Katika Kühnreich is a political scientist & sinologist with a focus on philosophy. She gained international reputation through a lecture at the 34C3. Her work foci are on the social impact of digitalization, the associated working conditions, & resource consumption. She also conducts research on social changes by "AI", social media, & gamification, as well as surveillance, counterinsurgency, and the handling of dissent. She gives lectures and offers workshops on these and other topics, and works as a publicist and lecturer. She blogs at www.katika-kuehnreich.com & https://chaos.social/@katika.
Beitrag
While the extreme right is on the rise in many countries and climate change is unrolling, a promising future seems to be written: According to Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and some other “tech bros” it is to leave the dying planet to go to space. With the help of something called “A(G)I”.
But what kind of future is the one that is promised? And what is the connection between power cycles of tech company owners and people who's believes can be called fascist? As we moved power through data in the hands of very view, it is important to examine what ideas these view have in their heads.