Artificial Intelligence in the Capitalist University

Using Marxist critique, this book explores manifestations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education and demonstrates how it contributes to the functioning and existence of the capitalist university. Challenging the idea that AI is a break from previous capitalist technologies, the book off...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Preston, John
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Artificial Intelligence in the Capitalist University
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title_fullStr Artificial Intelligence in the Capitalist University
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title_short Artificial Intelligence in the Capitalist University
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topic Virtual Production Line
Capitalist Universities
QS Ranking
Educational Commodities
Digital Manufacturing
QS World University Ranking
Commodity Stock
Abstract Labour
Real Abstraction
Revolutionary Critical Pedagogy
OOO
Contemporary Society
Academic Labour
Existential Threat
Real Subsumption
Future Communist Society
Labour Power
HAL
UK Ref
Narrow Ai
Grenfell Tower Fire
Ai Research
Disaster Capitalism
General Intellect
Competence Based Education
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Capitalist Universities
QS Ranking
Educational Commodities
Digital Manufacturing
QS World University Ranking
Commodity Stock
Abstract Labour
Real Abstraction
Revolutionary Critical Pedagogy
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Contemporary Society
Academic Labour
Existential Threat
Real Subsumption
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Labour Power
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UK Ref
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Grenfell Tower Fire
Ai Research
Disaster Capitalism
General Intellect
Competence Based Education
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