Carissa Véliz, philosopher: ‘AI presents predictions as facts, and that has profound ethical implications’
In 2020, a thirty‑something Spanish‑Mexican philosopher burst into the global debate on the effects of technology. In her book Privacy Is Power, Carissa Véliz laid out why the constant intrusion of surveillance capitalism into people’s private lives is unacceptable. Her fresh, rigorous approach quickly turned the book into a touchstone in the field. Six years later, the Oxford University philosophy professor is back in bookstores with Prophecy.
