# Lawfare Daily: Prophecy, Prediction, and Power with Carissa Véliz

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Published: 2026-07-10T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

On today’s episode, Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sits down with Carissa Véliz, an associate professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute for Ethics in AI, as well as a tutorial fellow at Hertford College, at the University of Oxford. They speak about Véliz’s paradigm-shifting, free-ranging new book, “ Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI ,” including discussions on the history of prediction, why a healthy democracy—and a life well lived—requires uncertainty, and Véliz’s belief that “artificial intelligence is the new Oracle of Delphi and tech executives the new prophets.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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