
Future of Life Institute Podcast
Delisted: A Film About AI-Powered Social Erasure (with Michael Patrick Clarkson)
Dienstag, 6. Oktober 2026 · 58 min
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Michael Patrick Clarkson is the writer and director of the film Delisted.
Watch the film here. (youtube.com/watch?v=LpQXTn7g_AA)
He joins the podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence could enable state surveillance, social control, and the digital erasure of dissenters. The conversation explores the societal costs of widespread automation across education and labor, the risks of public-private partnerships in technology oversight, and the importance of preserving human connection and creative agency amid rapid technological change.
LINKS:
• Delisted Film Official Website (delisted.film)
CHAPTERS:
() Episode Preview
() Introducing the film Delisted
() Public and private surveillance
() Human cost of automation
() Losing connection through technology
() Social divisions over automation
() Communicating the AI warning
() State surveillance and erasure
() Escapism and systemic exhaustion
() Becoming more human
() Discarding the AI creators
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