In this episode, Richard & Wendi discuss a few news items around AI, art for public consumption, and policing as well as the strange trajectory of left populism in the US

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Readings & Resources:

“Artificial Intelligence: The Risks Could Outweigh the Rewards”

https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debate/artificial-intelligence-risks-could-outweigh-rewards/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAiJSeBhCCARIsAHnAzT9D1dggb9QOTo4kwLegy_vpFIaGCGGfwIDgE3bTP2AFB23Zkh-RNNYaAoj3EALw_wcB#/?utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=ai%20issues&utm_campaign=Economics+%26+Finance&utm_source=adwords&hsa_kw=ai%20issues&hsa_cam=15231245947&hsa_ver=3&hsa_acc=4857278459&hsa_ad=602983206464&hsa_grp=140558910707&hsa_src=g&hsa_mt=b&hsa_tgt=kwd-607311173958&hsa_net=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Economics+%26+Finance&utm_source=adwords&hsa_kw=&hsa_cam=14323626438&hsa_ver=3&hsa_acc=4857278459&hsa_ad=571210950443&hsa_grp=132253490540&hsa_src=g&hsa_mt=&hsa_tgt=dsa-1556830528721&hsa_net=adwords

“AI Creating 'Art' Is An Ethical And Copyright Nightmare”

https://kotaku.com/ai-art-dall-e-midjourney-stable-diffusion-copyright-1849388060

“Twitter Surveillance Startup Targets Communities of Color for Police”

https://theintercept.com/2020/10/21/dataminr-twitter-surveillance-racial-profiling/

“Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Boston draws online mockery, disdain”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/01/15/mlk-statue-boston-backlash/

Paulina Alberto - Terms of Inclusion

https://uncpress.org/book/9780807871713/terms-of-inclusion/#:~:text=Terms%20of%20Inclusion%20tells%20a,citizenship%20in%20twentieth%2Dcentury%20Brazil.

Ana Lucia Araújo - Slavery in the Age of Memory

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/slavery-in-the-age-of-memory-9781350048492/

“New 9 ft. sculpture pays tribute to Biggie Smalls in Brooklyn”

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/new-9-ft-sculpture-pays-tribute-to-biggie-smalls-in-brooklyn/

“Boston unveils "Embrace" sculpture of MLK and Coretta Scott King”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/boston-unveils-embrace-sculpture-mlk-coretta-scott-king-rcna64990

“Understanding the AI Alignment Problem”

https://bdtechtalks.com/2021/01/18/ai-alignment-problem-brian-christian/

E. M. Forster - The Machine Stops

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops#:~:text=%22The%20Machine%20Stops%22%20is%20a,and%20Other%20Stories%20in%201928.

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-Intro: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone

-Outro: "Let It Play” by Miguel Migs (ft. Martin Luther)

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