Former White House Advisor Tim Wu on How Tech Platforms Threaten Our Future

Tim Wu, is one of America’s leading thinkers on technology, power, and the history of monopoly powers. A Columbia Law School professor and former special assistant to President Joe Biden for technology and competition policy, Wu is best known for coining the term “net neutrality” and for his influential work in books like The Attention Merchants and The Curse of Bigness which explore the balance between innovation, corporate concentration, and the public good. 

On November 18, Wu comes to Intelligence Squared to reveal the dangers of the new AI economy. Drawing from his new book The Age of Extraction he will discuss why in the AI economy tech companies will amass unprecedented power and argue that breaking up tech monopolies is ultimately the only solution to unleash creativity and growth for the rest of society. He will also discuss the history of monopoly power and offer a blueprint for an alternative AI future which would allow tech platforms to still play a major role in creating and sustaining an economic model of prosperity for everyone.

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