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Aug 2019
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What Is Techno-Chauvinism And Are We Rel...

Sony Music Entertainment / Jonathan Van Ness
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NYU Associate Professor, data journalist, AI researcher, and author Meredith Broussard joins Jonathan to discuss her book “Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World," where she sheds light on how racism plays a part in the current state of AI. Follow Meredith Broussard on Twitter and Instagram @merbroussard. Find out what today’s gue ... Show More
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