Inhuman Power

Nick Dyer-Witheford is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at University of Western Ontario. He is author of Cyber-Marx (University of Illinois, 1999), and co-author of Digital Play (McGill-Queen's, 2003), Games of Empire (University of Minnesota Press, 2009) Cyber-Proletariat (Pluto, 2015), and the co-author of Inhuman Power (Pluto, 2019).

Atle Mikkola Kjøsen is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. He researches and has published on artificial intelligence and on the intersection between Marxist political economy, media theory, logistics, and retailing. He is the co-author of Power (Pluto, 2019).

James Steinhoff is a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. His dissertation is about work in the artificial intelligence industry, and he has published on the philosophical connections between Marxism and transhumanism, artificial intelligence, and media theory. He is the co-author of Inhuman Power (Pluto, 2019).

'Indispensable reading for all those who want to understand the relationship between artificial intelligence and capitalism' - Christian Fuchs, author of 'Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter'

'A radical and provocative reading. The authors' criticisms of left accelerationism are timely and persuasive, their conclusion is bracing but necessary.' - Sarah Kember, author of 'iMedia: The Gendering of Objects, Environments and Smart Materials'

'A fascinating and pioneering work that deploys Marx to understand contemporary AI capitalism. An exemplary contribution to understanding how machine learning is changing our world and transforming communist strategy' - Nick Srnicek, author of 'Platform Capitalism'

'A disturbing but essential addition to the rapidly growing literature on the risks posed by capitalist-conceived AI' - Morning Star