Dr Ana Valdivia | This House Believes Modern Technology Will Destroy Liberal Democracy | CUS
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Dr Ana Valdivia speaks as first proposition on Thursday 7th March 2024. All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.". That was Marx's grim assessment of the steaming pace of modernisation and industrialisation, which he thought spelled doomed for liberalism. It did not- but new challenges emerge. How can systems, documents and ideas, formulated in 18th Century salons and coffee houses, hope to stand up to the power of Al, a world where denizens are hunched over cell phones, and a world where tyrants can influence news cycles at the click of a button? The growing sense of oblivion for liberal democracy is being compounded by the 2024 US Election, which Trump, often using these distinctly modern tactics, seems to be pulling ahead. But are we perhaps being clouded too much by pessimism, and ignoring the accountability and knowledge realised by the internet and our technological lives? Or has technological change doomed liberal democracy to oblivion? ............................................................................................................................ Thumbnail Photographer: XXXXXXXXXXXX ............................................................................................................................ DR ANA VALDIVIA Ana Valdivia is a Departmental Research Lecturer in Al, Government & Policy at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII). Ana investigates how datafication is transforming political, social and ecological worlds. Building on her experience as a mathematician and computer scientist, her interest lies in investigating power relationships in algorithmic governance and how Al is impacting on local communities, borders and territories. In her research, Ana aims to examine the eco-political impact of algorithmic systems by understanding its life cycle from natural resources extraction to electronic waste dumps and how it could jeopardise fundamental rights. ............................................................................................................................ SUBSCRIBE for more speakers: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOuePXlJnw8-br7SXiuHqg ............................................................................................................................ Connect with us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCambridgeUnion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cambridgeunion Twitter: https://twitter.com/cambridgeunion LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cambridge-union-society
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