How does AI and big data relate to fate, destiny, and the manipulation of human action? Gry Hasselbalch joins TDSlowdown for a discussion about what she refers to as “destiny machines”. We focus on how machines could shape our futures, but also how human agency and culture matters in that we have the potential to take control of our own destinies. We also discuss her new book “Data Ethics of Power: A Human Approach in the Big Data and AI Era, so listen in!

Links:

Gry’s new book: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/data-ethics-of-power-9781802203103.html

Gry’s article on the destiny machines: https://mediamocracy.org/2015/05/14/society-of-the-destiny-machine-and-the-algorithmic-god-s/

Henrik’s “When nudge comes to shove”: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160791X19300661

Henrik’s “Tyranny of perceived opinion”: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160791X19300983