Does Big Tech Need a Reboot?
Episode 102
August 18, 2023
In this episode, we invite you to listen in on a recent AEI event on the book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot (Harper Academic, 2021). On June 22, 2023, AEI’s Brent Orrell and Shane Tews were joined by Rob Reich of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and Jeremy M. Weinstein of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies to discuss their book, which they co-authored along with their fellow Stanford professor Mehran Sahami.
The panelists discuss the challenges that Big Tech in the 21st century—particularly artificial intelligence—poses to democracy. They explore the dangers of the “optimizing” mindset that competition in technology encourages; the trade-offs between the values of privacy, safety, agency, and productivity; the rise of misinformation and disinformation; and issues of power concentration and regulatory capture in the technology sector.
Mentioned in the Episode
System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
“Get Rich U.” in the New Yorker
DoNotPay – Your AI Consumer Champion
Facebook “Connect the World” Memo
Sen. Schumer’s SAFE Innovation Framework
Brent Orrell
Senior Fellow
Shane Tews
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Rob Reich
Professor of Political Science Courtesy Appointments in Philosophy and at the Graduate School of Education
