The Badlands Politics & Philosophy Podcast
A group of trained philosophers explore the philosophical dimensions of contemporary politics, and make the case for progressive politics.
The Badlands Politics & Philosophy Podcast
18 - Are Progressives Luddites? Pt. 1: On The Potential of Life-saving Artificial Intelligence
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The Badlands
Toby Napoletano and Michael Hughes discuss progressives’ complicated relationship to the burgeoning fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Is there reason to think that the potentially transformative technological progress will benefit the world’s poor? We examine some of the political and economic barriers that will need to be overcome first.