Caught in The AI Matrix

How can technological ambition be aligned with the public good in the age of AI?

AI is often framed as an unstoppable force for progress, but The AI Matrix: Profits, Power, Politics asks who actually benefits? Drawing on the authors’ analysis of AI through the lens of power, profit and geopolitics, this book talk explores the tension between technological ambition and the public good. As the EU and the Dutch government increasingly champion digital sovereignty, the evening asks how far those plans really go, how realistic they are under current policies, and whether they can deliver technology that works for everyone. In conversation with today’s policy agenda, this evening takes stock of digital independence, democratic control, and the promise of “Technology for All.”

In conversation with Daniel Mügge Professor of Political Arithmetic at University of Amsterdam

Daniel Mügge is Professor of Political Arithmetic at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). As leader of the NWO Vici project RegulAite, he investigates how the EU governs artificial intelligence and how these politics are shaped by global geopolitical and economic competition. At the UvA, he is also co-founder of the research platform and the research priority area AI & Politics. Before starting his work on AI, Daniel explored the political underbelly of macroeconomic statistics with his FickleFormulas project. A political economist by training, he has been a visiting researcher at Harvard’s Center for European Studies, the London School of Economics and the Freie Universität Berlin, his alma mater.