"Shoshana Zuboff (New England, U.S., 1951) joins the video call from her home in Maine, in the northeastern United States, on the border with Canada, where the cold is relentless at this time of year. She sips tea to warm her throat and apologizes for being late; her schedule is so packed these days that it was impossible to find an opportunity to do this interview in person."
"It is difficult to speak with Zuboff, the leading thinker on surveillance capitalism, via Google Meet and not feel anxious about contributing to the very evil she has been talking about for years. There are very few things left in this world that we can do without contributing to it. That's what makes it intolerable, says the philosopher and professor emeritus at Harvard Business School."
"AI is simply surveillance capitalism continuing to evolve and expand with some new methodologies, but still based on theft. We rushed to the internet, thinking of the democratization of knowledge and communication. But what we ran to with open arms has actually become a surveillance prison with no bars or guards, but also no exit, no escape. And unless and until our democratic governments pull themselves together, and we come together in new forms of col"
Surveillance capitalism has expanded almost unchecked through the collection and commodification of personal data by technology companies. Technology and capitalism remain central forces shaping social order. Artificial intelligence functions as a continuation and evolution of surveillance capitalism, applying new methodologies while relying on theft of personal data. The internet, once expected to democratize knowledge and communication, has become an inescapable surveillance prison with no exit. Rapid AI expansion and political alliances with technology oligarchs intensify these trends. Democratic governments and collective forms of organization are necessary to counterbalance and restrain this pervasive, extractive system.
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