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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Join us at Concordia University, to hear Regine Paul on her new book, The AI Matrix: Profits, Power, Politics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">April 23, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">12–1:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Please register
<a href="https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZOI3k0YdS-OnMJtlxbylQA#/registration">
here</a> to receive the attend the talk online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">If you’re in </span>
Tiohtià:ke/Montréal<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">, please join us at Milieux in the Resource Room EV 11.705</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">ABOUT THE TALK:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Drawing on her co-authored book,
<i>The AI Matrix: Profits, Power, Politics</i> (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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">ABOUT THE SPEAKER:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">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<i> Critical Policy Studies</i> and the
<i>Elgar Handbook on Public Policy and Artificial Intelligence</i> (2024), as well as co-author of
<i>The AI Matrix: Profits, Power, Politics</i> (2026), with Daniel Mügge and Vali Stan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Be good<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Fenwick McKelvey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Associate Professor, Communication Studies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Graduate Program Director, MA in Media Studies – Accepting Applications Until 15 January 2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Associate Director, Milieux Institute - https://milieux.concordia.ca/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Coordinator, Machine Agencies - https://machineagencies.milieux.ca/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">New book out in June 2026, SimPolitics: America’s Quest to Solve Politics with Computers – https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262053198/simpolitics/</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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