Mobility and Surveillance: the marriage of 5G networks with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The 5G-IA union is a fundamental element of a promised new cycle of capitalist accumulation which strengthens the centrality of information and surveillance technologies as means of exploitation of populations’ bodies and subjectivities. This presentation builds upon how mobility is constituted in the operation of mobile communication networks to describe the relationship of this infrastructure with data extraction and processing for monetization and appropriation of surplus value. It analyses the relation of co-dependence between 5G networks and AI technologies by describing AI deployments within 5G network management and AI applications that rely on 5G connectivity. Finally, it warns about the escalation of surveillance and data extractivism resulting from the 5G–AI and recognizes the importance of claiming the right to „stay out“.

Vortragende: Diego Vicentin (School of Applied Sciences (FCA), University of Campinas)

Termin: 21. April 2026 12:00 bis 13:00 Uhr // HS 382 // Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät – Rudolfskai 42 – Salzburg