The Departments of Political Science & Geography Present

“BECOMING AN AI CRITIC”
by Paris Marx

Since 2022, generative Al has taken the world by storm. Tech leaders promised it would change everything, mostly for the better, but as the technology matures the drawbacks are becoming ever more apparent. In this talk, Paris Marx will discuss how he developed the critical perspective he uses to assess new technologies and the companies that deploy them. In the process, he'll break down how he understands the impacts of generative Al and offer some ideas for where Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada more broadly, might go from here on tech and economic policy.

Paris Marx is a tech critic based in St. John's and host of the critically acclaimed Tech Won't Save Us podcast. He speaks around the world about the politics of technology and recently co-authored a white paper called Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty. Paris also writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.
Paris is a graduate of Memorial University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, then went on to complete a Master of Arts in Geography at McGill University. He's now working on his second book, which focuses on the growth and costs of hyperscale data centres.

When: Friday, November 21, 2:30 - 4 pm

Where: AA-1043