An essay published in Equator (10/15/26), part of which will be delivered as a lecture at The People’s AI Assembly, October 19, 2026, in New York City. “The oligarchs are announcing the battle lines loudly and proudly: it is us against them. They suggest, without flinching, that for Cyclopes to thrive, humanity may have to die. The young generation that is rising up to fight it understands this. Earlier in this essay, I suggested we should ‘regulate with extreme prejudice.’ But what I really want to say about those AI companies is this: terminate with extreme prejudice.” Read the full commentary here.
COMMENTARY by Arunhati Roy: “Artifical Intelligence, Capitalism’s Final Destination”
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