Historian warns tech leaders misread sci-fi's cautionary tales
In her new book, historian Jill Lepore traces how a fantasy of replacing human judgment with machine systems has shaped tech culture. She argues that Silicon Valley misinterprets science fiction, focusing on robot apocalypses while ignoring how power is concentrated in corporate-owned machines. Lepore sees community resistance to AI data centers as a sign that this 'Artificial State' may be declining.
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