Patreon Preview 79. The Great Power Competition

Published: June 19, 2021, 10:28 p.m.

b'In an action packed episode continuing our updates on ongoing topics of TMK interest, we deconstruct the political economy of massive health data sharing in the US and UK as hospitals seek to capitalize on data and develop AI health applications by signing lucrative deals with tech companies. We then jump over to discuss the Cold War 2.0 that\\u2019s heating up between the US/EU and China, with tech policy as a major front in the battle over who will \\u201cprevail technologically in the geopolitical great power competition.\\u201d\\n\\nSome stuff we reference\\n\\u2022 Google Strikes Deal With Hospital Chain to Develop Healthcare Algorithms: wsj.com/articles/google-strikes-deal-with-hospital-chain-to-develop-healthcare-algorithms-11622030401\\n\\u2022 NHS delays GP data scheme following backlash: ft.com/content/99f440d7-1622-452d-a7ad-b40d84ac50ec\\n\\u2022 AI prompts a scramble for healthcare data: ft.com/content/376a5494-7237-4ed6-a528-5e45712c148d\\n\\u2022 Draining the Risk Pool: reallifemag.com/draining-the-risk-pool/\\n\\u2022 Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6464/447\\n\\u2022 US Senate passes bill aimed at countering China\\u2019s tech sector: ft.com/content/2429f43f-f1bf-4131-aefa-0d20a64b9d17\\n\\u2022 Will Europe sign up to Joe Biden\\u2019s plan to counter China?: ft.com/content/e4c7df1a-5048-4cf1-8a2d-c9a2d721ba92\\n\\u2022 Exporting Chinese surveillance: the security risks of \\u2018smart cities\\u2019: ft.com/content/76fdac7c-7076-47a4-bcb0-7e75af0aadab\\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nGrab your TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)'