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Who Controls AI, and Who Does AI Control?

 

Artificial intelligence is transforming far more than technology. It is reshaping work, warfare, surveillance, political power, economic power, and our understanding of human agency.

 

Drawing on his book Rage Against the Autonomous Machine, AI researcher and professor Thanos Panagopoulos examines who controls the technologies driving the AI revolution and, increasingly, how those technologies are beginning to control us.

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Available for keynotes, public lectures, university talks, panels, podcasts, and moderated conversations.​​​​​​

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Sample Speaking Topics

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Who Controls AI, and Who Does AI Control? Signature Talk

Artificial intelligence is reshaping far more than technology. It is transforming work, surveillance, warfare, political power, economic power, and human agency. Drawing on Rage Against the Autonomous Machine, this talk asks who controls the systems driving the AI revolution, and, increasingly, how those systems are beginning to control us.

 

Intelligarchy: The Ideology of Domination

AI is transforming not only how societies produce, communicate, and govern, but also how power is exercised and justified. This talk examines the emerging political and economic order around artificial intelligence, the concentration of technological power, and the ideas used to legitimize it.

 

The Dystopic Now: AI, War, Surveillance, and the New Architecture of Power

The dystopian future is increasingly becoming the present. From autonomous weapons and algorithmic targeting to mass surveillance, predictive systems, and the growing integration of Big Tech with state power, this talk examines how AI is changing the architecture of control and what that means for democracy, accountability, and human freedom.​​​​​​​​​​

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