person
Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian scholar; 'solutionism' critic
Writer on the politics of tech; coined 'technological solutionism'. Argues Silicon Valley AI framings systematically obscure political-economy questions.
Profile
expertise
External-domain expert
Recognised expert outside AI (philosophy, economics, biology, journalism) who weighs in on AI consequences from that vantage.
Belarussian writer/researcher. 'The Net Delusion'; 'To Save Everything, Click Here'. Solutionism critique; AI-policy commentary.
recognition
Field-leading
Widely known inside the AI and AI-safety community. Appears repeatedly in top venues, podcasts, or governance forums. Not a household name to outsiders.
Recognised in tech-criticism and policy circles.
vintage
Pre-deep-learning
Active before AlexNet. The existential-risk frame matures (FHI, OpenPhil, EA). Public AI commentary still rare; deep learning not yet dominant.
The Net Delusion 2011. Solutionism critique predates deep learning.
Hand-classified. See the board for the criteria and the full grid.
Strategy positions
AI skepticendorses
AGI risk narratives overstated; real harms are mundane and currentArgues the mainstream AI narrative is a form of solutionism that benefits incumbents and obscures the political choices driving AI.
There is no such thing as 'AI'. There is only a set of political-economic choices about how data, labour, and capital are organised.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.