[acc-cca-l] [Online book talk] The AI Matrix, April 23 @ 12:00 - 13:30 EST

[Fenwick Mckelvey]

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Join us at Concordia University, to hear Regine Paul on her new book, The AI Matrix: Profits, Power, Politics.

April 23, 2026
12–1:30 PM

Please register here<https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZOI3k0YdS-OnMJtlxbylQA#/registration> to receive the attend the talk online.

If you’re in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, please join us at Milieux in the Resource Room EV 11.705
ABOUT THE TALK:
AI is often presented in extremes, either as a revolutionary technology boosting prosperity for everyone, or as a juggernaut that threatens jobs, democracy, or even human life. This talk cuts through those narratives by asking a simpler question: who really benefits from AI, and who has the power to shape how it is made and used?
Drawing on her co-authored book, The AI Matrix: Profits, Power, Politics (open access, with Daniel Mügge and Vali Stan), Regine Paul argues that today’s AI boom is not simply about clever machines taking over and our economies and societies needing to adapt, but about profit imperatives and political choices.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Regine Paul is Professor at the Department of Government at Bergen University (Norway, on partial leave) and Research Group Leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne where she is currently building up a new group on “Technology and Statehood”. She is co-editor of Critical Policy Studies and the Elgar Handbook on Public Policy and Artificial Intelligence (2024), as well as co-author of The AI Matrix: Profits, Power, Politics (2026), with Daniel Mügge and Vali Stan.

Be good
Fenwick McKelvey

Associate Professor, Communication Studies
Graduate Program Director, MA in Media Studies – Accepting Applications Until 15 January 2026
Associate Director, Milieux Institute - https://milieux.concordia.ca/
Coordinator, Machine Agencies - https://machineagencies.milieux.ca/

New book out in June 2026,  SimPolitics: America’s Quest to Solve Politics with Computers –  https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262053198/simpolitics/
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