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Apr 2023
1h 7m

The Politics Of AI

ABC News, 538, FiveThirtyEight, Galen Druke
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How concerned, if at all, are you about the possibility that AI will cause the end of the human race on Earth? And more importantly for the purposes of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, is that a good or bad use of polling? In this installment, the crew discuss how reflective of public opinion a recent poll on AI was and why politicians have been slow to ... Show More
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