Autonomous Tech: can humans control technology?
Exploring the relationship between humans and autonomous technologies we created with the co-host, Nicholas Kenney, a national security expert and foreign policy scholar. In this episode, we discuss the work of Langdon Winner on social implications of autonomous tech and explore the big questions of control and human agency.Chapter 1 - Reading "Autonomous Technology" by Langdon WinnerChapter 2 - Technology as its own entityChapter 3 - Technology as power over natureChapter 4 - Technological ignorance in modern societyChapter 5 - How much do we need to know to control technology?Chapter 6 - Lack of language and sliding into polaritiesChapter 7 - Governance of autonomous technologiesChapter 8 - Food for thought: What are we doing with the time freed by technology? What will occupy the time of children born into the fully automated world?Chapter 9 - TakeawaysCheck out: Autonomous Technology by Langdon Winner: https://www.amazon.com/Autonomous-Technology-Technics-out-Control-Political/dp/0262730499Different ways to think about political power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19gpbZl4DpU
