Ireland's questionable track in tax and digital regulation has led us to demand the Irish EU presidency to recuse itself from related files. Signatories: @mazzucatom.bsky.social Shoshana Zuboff @isabellamweber.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @nsrnicek.bsky.social & 50 more Sign below

Honoured to have Silicon Empires on the summer reading list for Rest of World! They're one of the best resources for looking at tech from a global perspective. restofworld.org/2026/what-to...

What to read: A summer book list

Rest of World recommends eight books that cover the history of resistance to tech, our relationship with AI companions, the danger of our dependence on Taiwan chips, and more.

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Current reading: "Silicon Empires - the Fight for the Future of AI" by @nsrnicek.bsky.social. This is great. With his usual clarity and conciseness, Srnicek describes what AI is (not just ChatGPT!), how it works, and the current politics and economics around it. Absolutely worth a read.

Excited to have @mattcole.bsky.social and @sarahljaffe.bsky.social coming to KCL next week (3 June) to talk about Matt's new book, Unpaid: The Past, Present, and Future of Wage Theft. Register to attend here - and please share widely! www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...

Select tickets – Unpaid: The Past, Present, and Future of Wage Theft - A Conversation with Matthew Cole and Sarah Jaffe – Bush House (SE) 2.12, Strand Campus, King’s College London

Unpaid: The Past, Present, and Future of Wage Theft - A Conversation with Matthew Cole and Sarah Jaffe – Bush House (SE) 2.12, Strand Campus, King’s College London, Wed 3 Jun 2026 - About the EventUnp...

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was really excited to talk to trevor paglen and holly herndon about ai and art for the rad new publication totei

Trevor Paglen and Holly Herndon on Making Art with AI and What the Discourse Is Missing

The artists talk process, slop, and why optimism and pessimism don’t quite cover it.

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I haven’t even gotten into the teeth of @nsrnicek.bsky.social’s argument yet, but if you want an accessible intro to the technical details of GenAI that never loses sight of the investors structuring its development & dissemination, it’d be hard to do better than these opening chapters.

if, like me, you’ve been feeling AI illiterate, consider spending two very worthwhile hours listening to @nsrnicek.bsky.social talk about what the hell is going on

Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek

Podcast Episode · The Dig · 26 January · 2h 24m

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This is really special from @nsrnicek.bsky.social. That rare book that is both an accessible introduction and a real advance in theoretical debates over, say, the state's articulation work or the business of science in the 21st century.

📢 Our line-up for Resisting Big Tech Empires just got even stronger. We’re excited to welcome Nick Srnicek (@nsrnicek.bsky.social, author of Silicon Empires) and Rosa Curling (@foxglovelegal.bsky.social) 📅 Sat 25 April, London 🎟️ Free tix: www.globaljustice.org.uk/tech-empires 🧵

fresh audio product: • Tessa West on what kept the Epstein gang together • Nick Srnicek on AI @nsrnicek.bsky.social • Wanda Bertram on the costs of mass incarceration @prisonpolicy.org www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...

This is a really insightful and informative episode with @nsrnicek.bsky.social particularly for how it pushes back against the leftist urge to dismiss AI as politically old hat and philosophically irrelevant thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...

Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek

Featuring Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI. A deep exploration of the political economy of AI: the fulcrum of the authoritarian tech oligarchy—and of global contests for...

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"Charting AI’s development within its proper economic and geopolitical context...Srnicek’s guide can help us maintain a long-term, realistic perspective of the technology’s likely trajectory.” @jacobinmag.bsky.social review @nsrnicek.bsky.social's 'Silicon Empires' jacobin.com/2026/02/ai-b...

How Big Tech Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs

Until quite recently, many Big Tech firms opposed the militarization of AI, but that now seems like ancient history as they move to sign partnerships with arms companies. The prospect of lavish Pentag...

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My review of @nsrnicek.bsky.social's new book on AI, 'Silicon Empires', in Jacobin 👇 bsky.app/profile/jaco...

Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Until quite recently, many Big Tech firms opposed the militarization of AI, but that now seems like ancient history as they move to sign partnerships with arms companies. The prospect of lavish Pentagon funding for AI is too tempting to refuse.

Very much looking forward to this - Silicon Empires by @nsrnicek.bsky.social is the best book I've read on the political economy of AI

Daniel Denvir@danieldenvir.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Dig you’ve been waiting for to understand the political economy of AI as it becomes fulcrum of global contests and conflicts over economic and military dominance. My interview w/ @nsrnicek.bsky.social on his book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...

SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers. More here: www.wired.com/story/palant...

Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti

“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

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studying the enemy

The Dig is one of my favourite podcasts, so it was a real honour to be able to chat with Daniel about all things AI

Daniel Denvir@danieldenvir.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Dig you’ve been waiting for to understand the political economy of AI as it becomes fulcrum of global contests and conflicts over economic and military dominance. My interview w/ @nsrnicek.bsky.social on his book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...

In an excerpt from his new book "Silicon Empires," @nsrnicek.bsky.social looks at how Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI — once united in opposition to military use of their AI tools — came around to working with the Pentagon. www.wired.com/story/book-e...

How AI Companies Got Caught Up in US Military Efforts

Two years ago, companies like Meta and OpenAI were united against military use of their tools. Now all of that has changed.

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EVENT | @nsrnicek.bsky.social on Silicon Empires | | Fri 13th Feb, 18:30 | | Newspeak House, London |

Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires: what is the economy of AI and where is it leading us?

We’re excited to kick off our 2026 CADA event series by welcoming Nick Srnicek to discuss his most recent book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI. Since the emergence of ChatGPT,…

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Yesterday, we held the first session of the “AI critique” seminar, welcoming two scholars whose work has profoundly shaped critical debates on the political economy of AI: @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & @nsrnicek.bsky.social. Here is a short overview of the session: www.felixtreguer.fr/en/2026/01/1...

Silicon Empires is out today in the US! For anyone interested, I'm resharing this thread outlining some of the key arguments of the book.

Nick Srnicek@nsrnicek.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Today is the official UK publication day for Silicon Empires! I'm excited to have it out and hear what people think. There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵

Just picked up @nsrnicek.bsky.social’s new book. Congrats Nick, it looks great and I’m excited to dig in!

Who owns the future of artificial intelligence? Our video of the week argues that the true struggle is not just over technological prowess, but over the capture and organization of value across a multi-layered AI “stack.” Feat. @nsrnicek.bsky.social buff.ly/A0doDoI

“Strategic incoherency is the imperial expression of domestic contestations.” - @nsrnicek.bsky.social

Nils Gilman@nilsgilman.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Furthermore, no matter what the National Security strategy may assert, the “era of mass migration” has only just begun.

New post from me, trying to understand the various deals being made to build out AI infrastructure. Plus some news and research I thought was interesting recently. siliconempires.substack.com/p/financing-...

Financing AI Compute

Financing AI Compute

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New post from me, trying to understand the various deals being made to build out AI infrastructure. Plus some news and research I thought was interesting recently. siliconempires.substack.com/p/financing-...

Financing AI Compute

Financing AI Compute

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Joint book launch at King’s 🌟 Featuring: • @jwyg.bsky.social, Public Data Cultures • @nsrnicek.bsky.social, Silicon Empires • @mayameme.bsky.social, Auto-Correct In conversation with @noortjem.bsky.social & @joannazylinska.bsky.social 📅 3 Dec, 19:00-21:00 www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...

I've started up a newsletter to try and collect together my incipient thoughts and notes on the intersection of AI, geopolitics, and capitalism. I'm unlikely to post often, but feel free to subscribe and get updates here: siliconempires.substack.com

Silicon Empires | Nick | Substack

A newsletter about AI, geopolitics, and capitalism. Click to read Silicon Empires, by Nick, a Substack publication.

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Most of the discussion around America's AI strategy abroad has focused on the AI Action Plan - but perhaps more important was the Executive Order on exporting the AI stack. 🧵

📚🎊✨ yay - joint book launch for @nsrnicek.bsky.social's Silicon Empires, @mayameme.bsky.social's Auto-Correct and my Public Data Cultures, in discussion with @joannazylinska.bsky.social & @noortjem.bsky.social on 3rd Dec, 7-9pm 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/kings... @politybooks.bsky.social