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Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
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Anthony Ha
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Historian Jill Lepore argues that Silicon Valley leaders are misinterpreting science fiction to justify replacing democratic government functions with corporate-controlled algorithms. She warns that this 'artificial state' undermines liberal democracy.
In her upcoming book “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,” Jill Lepore warns that tech companies are increasingly replacing the functions of democratic government. This shift, she said, marks “a return to tyranny and mystification in the form of rule by algorithms, corporations, machines.”
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