VOILA! season 2: Seminar #3

The Politics of Exponential Growth: AI, Hardware and Industrial Policy

Abstract:
Discussions of AI and technology policy more generally have often elided the role of the state. This elision is a product of the shifting politics, institutions and infrastructures around this industry but it does not reflect an honest accounting of the historic role of industrial policy. This talk will examine this oft-neglected history, braiding together political histories, ideological shifts, political economy, and material infrastructure in order to give an account and appraisal of the current resurgence of interest in tech industrial policy.

Panel discussion

The round-table discussion following the conference will be moderated by researchers from Université Côte d'Azur.
Pr. Glickman's presentation and the round-table will be in English.