AI Matrix

Daniel Mügge is Professor of Political Arithmetic in the political science department of the University of Amsterdam. Regine Paul is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bergen, Norway. Vali Stan is a research assistant at University College London.

• 1. Beyond the hype: a global political economy view of AI2. AI’s deep roots and many forms3. American AI and the Chinese challenge4. Uneven effects across and within sectors5. Uneven effects on labour6. Uneven effects in the rest of the world7. AI futures seen through a global political economy lens

This book cuts through the hype surrounding artificial intelligence to reveal how profit motives, distorted tech narratives and geopolitical competition shape its evolution. Exposing common blind spots in public discourse, it challenges the myth of lab-driven innovation and technological imperatives, offering a powerful lens on the interplay between political and corporate power. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand who truly benefits from the AI revolution and who bears its costs.