Holly Buck is a professor at the University of Buffalo who thinks carefully about AI, energy, and what it would mean to build technology in the public interest. In this conversation, we talk about why data center moratoriums may be the wrong lever, what's behind the left's deep skepticism toward AI, and how a pre-distributive politics that works towards the democratization of tech might offer a more productive path forward.
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Check out Holly’s recent Jacobin articles here
Check out Holly’s books on geoengineering and net zero here
During the show, Holly mentioned:
“Here’s How to Share AI’s Future Wealth"
By Saffron Huang and Sam Manning
the democratization of tech might offer a more productive path forward.
Check out Holly on Substack
Check out Holly’s recent Jacobin articles here
Check out Holly’s books on geoengineering and net zero here
During the show, Holly mentioned:
“Here’s How to Share AI’s Future Wealth"
By Saffron Huang and Sam Manning






