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May 2024
29m 12s

Ethics, AI, and Human-centered Computing...

SCOTT HANSELMAN
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Casey Fiesler is an associate professor in the Department of Information Science (and Computer Science, by courtesy) at the University of Colorado Boulder.  She has a PhD in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech and a JD from Vanderbilt Law School. This week she talks to Scott about AI and Ethics!

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