Best Of: 'Every Body' & Intersex Identity / The Threat Of AI

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🗓️ 8 July 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Alicia Roth Weigel is one of three activists profiled in Julie Cohen's new documentary, Every Body. She says intersex is an umbrella term for people whose "anatomy doesn't fit super neatly into a binary box."

Artificial intelligence experts recently signed an open letter warning that AI could destroy humanity. New York Times technology reporter Cade Metz explains why we are at a turning point with this technology.

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0:00.0	From WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend.
0:07.2	If you're born with anatomical and genetic variations, some of which are identified as
0:11.9	male, others, female, then exactly which bathroom are you supposed to use.
0:17.5	In other words, how do the lives of people who are born that way, people who are intersex
0:22.4	expand our understanding of gender?
0:25.3	Today we talk with Alicia Roth Weigel.
0:27.8	She's one of three intersex people, profiled in the new documentary, Everybody.
0:33.1	Anne will hear from the director of the film, Julie Cohen.
0:36.3	Also, many leaders in the field of artificial intelligence recently warned that it could
0:41.6	lead to our extinction.
0:43.9	Why do they think that's possible?
0:45.7	We'll talk with Cade Metz, a tech reporter for The New York Times, who has covered AI
0:50.5	for 10 years.
0:55.4	This is Fresh Air Weekend.
0:57.0	I'm Terry Gross.
0:58.8	What is gender?
1:00.2	What does it really mean?
1:02.0	Some people don't identify with the gender they were assigned at birth.
1:05.9	Some people identify with more than one gender, and for some, gender fluctuates over time.
1:12.0	My understanding of gender has been broadened by listening to the experiences of people
1:16.2	who identify as transgender or non-binary.
1:20.2	A gender variation we don't hear much about is intersex.
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