This talk will articulate what we call the “geopolitical ecology of AI” – the increasing overlap between geopolitical and economic interdependency during the so-called “twin transition” of digitalisation and decarbonisation. At a time of rapid AI expansion and industrialisation, alongside necessary attempts to decarbonise the economy, the introduction of security and defence into the picture complicates and undermines attempts to develop truly just and democratic twin transition policies. Arguing this in the context of Ireland’s economic dependency on the US and pressure to fall into line with European security interests, this talk shows the ways that the displacement of sustainability for digitalisation and security in industrial policy is deepening the contradictions of a green transition led by monopoly tech.

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