New Book “AI and the New Fascism” (Reclam Verlag)

Available now (in German language). Order from the publisher for 8,00 EUR (print) Ebook available on all known plarforms.

Publisher’s announcement: Elon Musk and Donald Trump are firing masses of public sector employees in order to build an AI state. Tech CEOs sell artificial intelligence as a savior for humanity’s biggest problems, even though the industry behind it is based on exploitation and contempt for human dignity. Why is the public distracted by speculation about salvation or annihilation through AI, instead of paying attention to the real and significant harms AI is causing in the present? How can we identify the increasingly fascist tendencies emerging from the alliance between the tech industry and the new right? Rainer Mühlhoff develops answers and discusses possible solutions.

Publisher’s website   Publisher’s preview (PDF)

Public Events and Media Coverage of the Book

• 15.10.2025: Book Release, Volksbühne Berlin
• 01.09.2025: WRD5 Das Philosophische Radio
• 20.08.2025: Review by Vera Linß, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Studio 9. [Audio] [Text]
• 10.08.2025: Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Sein und Streit, Sendung am 10.08.2025 “KI-Faschismus made in Silicon Valley”
• 26.07.2025: Interview in der Leipziger Zeitung, Teil 1, Teil 2
• 23.07.2025, 7:35 Uhr: SWR Kultur am Morgen mit Doris Maull.
• 17.07.2025: WDR5 Politikum
• 17.07.2025: Review by Ralf Julke, Leipziger Zeitung.
• 16.07.2025, 19:30 Uhr: Discussion panel, Urania Berlin
• 16.07.2025, 10:10 Uhr: Live, Radio Bremen 2.
• 16.07.2025: Surplus Magazin – reading sample
• 14.07.2025: Netzpolitik – reading sample
• 15.06.2025: ARD ttt – titel thesen temperamente
• 03.06.2025: Theater Osnabrück, KI und die Zukunft der Demokratie
• 28.05.2025: re:publica25, Berlin (with Aline Blankertz)
• 28.05.2025: Tagesspiegel Background (with Aline Blankertz)

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