Meredith Broussard is a computer scientist and data journalism professor at NYU. Her book, "Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World," explains the origins of AI and the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that women and people of color were excluded from its genesis.

On this episode, we ask Meredith: What makes unfettered AI so dangerous, and what can we do about it?

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