Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast. It's an old joke that

military intelligence is a good example of an oxymoron. So I just went and asked an AI chatbot

to finish a joke about what military becomes when they implement artificial intelligence.

It said, an oxymoron squared, or as the generals call it,

strategically enhanced stupidity with a confidence interval of 95%, which is not a funny joke,

but it did manage to be pretty on point regarding the dangers of overconfidence that inevitably

follows from the implementation

of new technology, particularly in the realms of policing and warmaking.

For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 50

minutes today includes, why is this happening, more perfect union, tech won't save us,

counterspin, this is hell, the nerd

Reich, and your undivided attention. Then in the additional deeper dives half of the show,

there will be more in four sections. Section A, surveillance, followed by Section B,

militarized capitalism, Section C, Companies versus Regulation, and Section D, Human Drain.

But first, a reminder to check out our new show, Solved, that's on the Best of Left YouTube channel.

Our most recent episode focuses on some of the nuts and bolts of building a left-wing movement,

including how to debate and discuss without getting bogged down in minutia by keeping a focus

on the forward movement we all need.

We really think you like it, and you checking it out will help us find new viewers on the YouTube

platform, so thanks in advance for all of your views, likes, subscribes, and comments.

That's all on the Best of Left YouTube channel.

Links are in the show notes.

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