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Arundhati Roy links AI to capitalism's destructive potential

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Arundhati Roy, in an interview with Democracy Now!, discusses artificial intelligence as a tool of capitalism and a harbinger of potential societal collapse. She links the development and deployment of AI to destructive economic and environmental practices. Roy's perspective frames AI not as a neutral technology but as an extension of existing exploitative systems. AI

IMPACT Frames AI as a tool of existing exploitative systems, highlighting potential negative societal and environmental consequences.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an interview with a known author discussing a socio-political topic related to AI.

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Arundhati Roy links AI to capitalism's destructive potential

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · peterjriley2024 ·

    (Interview) https://www. democracynow.org/2026/10/23/ar undhati_roy_artificial_intelligence_is_capitalism Apocalypse Now and Then https://www. equator.org/artic

    (Interview) https://www. democracynow.org/2026/10/23/ar undhati_roy_artificial_intelligence_is_capitalism Apocalypse Now and Then https://www. equator.org/articles/arundhati -roy-artificial-intelligence # Ai # ArundhatiRoy # Capitalism # DataCenters # warfareHubs

    LINKS democracynow.org/…/arundhati_roy_artifici… equator.org/…/arundhati-roy-artificial-in…

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