In the nine episodes of ‘The Santiago Boys’ podcast, Evgeny Morozov, a technology and politics writer, tells the story of the bold attempt by a young team of engineers in Salvador Allende’s government in Chile and a British management guru to deploy the latest computer technology to improve the country’s economy. Project Cybersyn, as it became known, ended with the military coup in 1973, but Morozov says it has lessons to teach governments as they debate how to regulate and exploit artificial intelligence. Here he talks to Mike Higgins
What was Project Cybersyn and what factors in Salvador AlIende’s government led it to implement such a radical approach to governance?
