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📚 Reading Group in Manchester: The Political Economy of AI

In the 25/26 academic year I’ll be leading a reading group on the political economy of AI, using this fabulous syllabus put together by the political scientist Henry Farrell:

  • Week 1 – Different Stories about the AI Transition
  • Week 2 – The Empirics of the AI Transition
  • Week 3 – The Business Models of the AI Transition
  • Week 4 – Capital
  • Week 5 – Chips
  • Week 6 – Energy and Material Resources
  • Week 7 – Human Knowledge
  • Week 8 – Market
  • Week 9 – State
  • Week 10 – Culture
  • Week 11 – AGI

The intention is to meet on the third Wednesday of every month from 3pm-5pm (apart from December) on the University of Manchester campus. If you’d like to take part then please get in touch and I’ll send you a calendar invite with full details.

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