{"product_id":"ai-and-the-new-fascism-9780745352961","title":"AI and the New Fascism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'With clarity and urgency, this punchy book shows how fascism is the logical conclusion of an anti-democratic future being built by technocratic elites' \u003c\/b\u003eJathan Sadowski, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mechanic and the Luddite\u003c\/i\u003e and co-host of \u003ci\u003eThis Machine Kills\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dismantles Silicon Valley's dangerous salvation myths, brilliantly exposing how the rise of AI and pro-innovation narratives mirror eugenicist and authoritarian ideologies' \u003c\/b\u003eBrent Mittelstadt, Professor, University of Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAwarded the Political Book 2026 Prize by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile tech CEOs like Sam Altman and Elon Musk market AI as humanity's savior of humanity, the industry itself is built on exploitation and contempt for human dignity. Why do we allow ourselves to be distracted by speculations of AI salvation while ignoring the harm?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAI and the New Fascism\u003c\/i\u003e is an autopsy of the digital coup currently reshaping our world. The convergence of Silicon Valley's disruption ethos and the far right's authoritarianism has birthed a new form of fascism that replaces democracy with algorithmic control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMühlhoff traces the history of modern AI, linking speculative phantasms like artificial general intelligence and longtermism to early 20th-century eugenicist ideologies. He discusses transhumanism, techno-libertarianism, and the 'Dark Enlightenment', showing how equality is reframed as an inefficient obstacle to be cleared away in the name of evolutionary progress supposedly driven by AI. This is an essential critique of how the tech elite are programming a post-democratic future, and an urgent call to reclaim the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRainer Mühlhoff\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosopher and mathematician, and Professor of Ethics and Critical Theories of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Osnabrück, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rainer Mühlhoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745352961","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48950035775625,"sku":"9780745352961","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_af28e295-5890-445a-b787-7dc817dc2934.jpg?v=1794299930","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/ai-and-the-new-fascism-9780745352961","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}