E325 - The Permission Machine - The Deeper Thinking Podcast
Published: July 25, 2026
Duration: 28:31
The Permission Machine: Artificial Intelligence and the Disappearance of Responsibility
The Deeper Thinking Podcast is digitally narrated.
For those drawn to the politics of automation, the disappearance of responsibility, and the fragile conditions of human judgment.
The fantasy is not intelligence without limits. It is power without encounter.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Automation #AlgorithmicGovernance #CoryDoctorow #JamesCScott #HannahArendt #InstitutionalPower
Key Ideas
Artificial intelligence can conceal human choices behind technical outputs Automation often relocates labour, uncertainty, and responsibility rather than removing them A human presence inside a system does not necessarily create human...