Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek Podcast Episode · The Dig · 26 January · 2h 24m

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

Glad you found it useful!

I'm always up for chatting about it. Keen to read your paper too - the rise of private credit facilitating shift to debt financing for data centres has been an interesting development over the past year, for instance

Thank you - that means a lot as an admirer of your work!

The microchip looking cover of Nick srnicek's Silicon Empires

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

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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

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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...

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...

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...

"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'

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

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Really glad you enjoyed it!

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

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.

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...

studying the enemy

Somehow I missed that Kasy book was out - it sounds great

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

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.

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...

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,…

EVENT

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

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...

Thank you - I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks Dan!

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.

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

Thanks Niels, hope you enjoy it!

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

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

Financing AI Compute Financing AI Compute

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

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-...

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...

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