Extralegal

By Ilana Pelzman-Kern

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What's Extralegal about?

A podcast on all the things outside the law that go into making the law.

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Extralegal episodes:

04.17.2019
S2E6 – Where in the World Is James Vacca?
How do we want extended intelligence to be, and who will watch over that? In this final episode, we talk about a man named James Vacca—a former New York City Councilmember and the first person to ever try to answer...
04.16.2019
S2E5 – Who’s Watching the Watchers?
We know that the advancement of technology, more often than not, moves at a faster pace than our ability to legislate or regulate it. So in this episode we take a step back, and hear from someone who is mindfully...
04.15.2019
S2E4 – Lost in Translation
The advancement of technology, like an epidemic, doesn’t stay neatly within national borders. So if no single government can address the impact on its own, what do we do?
04.14.2019
S2E3 – Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
In this episode, we explore power. Specifically, how the deeply-rooted (and often subtle) structures of power in our society inform the ways in which we develop autonom-ish systems.
04.13.2019
S2E2 – The (Conference) Room Where It Happened
How can you regulate something you can’t define? In this episode, we explore the meaning of the term “artificial intelligence,” and explore what the landscape of AI research looks like today.
04.12.2019
S2E1 – Let’s Talk About AI, Baby
Predictive autonom-ish tools are used in almost every aspect of our lives, from determining what movie to recommend—to deciding who should go to jail and for how long. Ultimately, they are designed with the intended purpose of making our lives...
03.04.2018
S1E4 – Conclusions, Conclusions
What does a sentencing algorithm, a Hollywood movie, and the Supreme Court have in common? As it turns out, more than you’d think. In the final epilogue of The Precogs Are Here, we discuss these three things – and how...
03.03.2018
S1E3 – G.I.G.O
Artificial Intelligence technology is intelligent, no doubt – hence the name. But does it always work? In this episode, we explore the possible limitations of predictive algorithms, and what to do about it when we find them.
03.02.2018
S1E2 – Eric Loomis and the Future of Crime
In this episode, we discuss the case of Eric L. Loomis, and explore the societal context in which it was brought to (but never formally heard in) the United States Supreme Court.
03.01.2018
S1E1 – Introductions Are in Order
What do you think people are more afraid of – human bias, or algorithmic justice? Extralegal’s first-ever podcast miniseries, The Precogs Are Here, takes a deep dive into the nexus of artificial intelligence and law to find out.