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Revolutionary Mathematics: Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, and the Logic of Capitalism

ByTalia Baroncelli August 21, 2023October 19, 2023

Justin Joque is a visualization librarian at the University of Michigan and the author of the book Revolutionary Mathematics: Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, and the Logic of Capitalism. His book examines the statistical models on which our algorithms, machine learning, and financial systems are built, highlighting the mechanisms of abstraction which lend these models an air of misleading objectivity. Can statistical models be used towards emancipatory aims?

Reality Asserts Itself | U.S. Politics

The Pathology of the Rich – Chris Hedges on RAI (1/2)

ByPaul Jay December 5, 2013May 12, 2022

On RAI with Paul Jay, Chris Hedges discusses the psychology of the super-rich; their sense of entitlement, the dehumanization of workers, and mistaken belief that their wealth will insulate them from the coming storms. This episode was published on December 5, 2013.

Philosophy & Ethics | Reality Asserts Itself

Questioning the Underlying Structures of Property and Power is Off the Table – Vijay Prashad Pt 2/4

ByPaul Jay August 8, 2013March 4, 2022

In part two of Reality Asserts Itself, Paul Jay and Vijay Prashad discuss the limits imposed on questioning the roots of inequality and how those who own the majority of property set the terms for everyone else. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced August 8, 2013, with Paul Jay.

Philosophy & Ethics | Reality Asserts Itself

Marx and Tolstoy Helped Me See the Limits of Liberalism – Vijay Prashad Pt 1/4

ByPaul Jay August 2, 2013March 4, 2022

Vijay Prashad talks about growing up in India and coming to the realization that liberalism could never eliminate poverty. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced August 2, 2013, with Paul Jay.

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