Historian Jill Lepore warns Silicon Valley is building a 'tyranny' of algorithmic rule
Harvard historian Jill Lepore argues tech corporations have quietly replaced democratic functions with unaccountable algorithmic governance—a shift she traces through misread science fiction.
Historian Jill Lepore argues Silicon Valley is building an 'Artificial State' that mimics democratic government
Lepore's upcoming book traces how tech companies adopt governmental language and functions while dismissing political complexity as a problem AI can solve.
Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical Targets Power Concentration, Not AI Itself
The Vatican's new document uses artificial intelligence as a frame to address deeper concerns about elite control, inequality, and democratic erosion.