CRIME: Can You Sue An Algorithm?

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🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Today we travel to a future where algorithms can be put on trial. Guests:Rumman Chowdhury -- Global Lead for Responsible AI at Accenture Applied IntelligenceKevin De Liban -- attorney at Legal Aid or Arkansas Nicholson Price -- assistant professor of law at University of MichiganShobita Parthasarathy -- professor of public policy and women’s studies at University of Michigan Actors:Evan Johnson as Mr. MortonDavid Romero as DavidAsh Greenberg as AshSantos Flores as SantosCharlie Chalmers as CharlieGrace Nelligan as GraceAva Ausman as AvaSidney Perry-Thistle as SidneyArthur Benjamin as Arthur → → → Further reading on today’s episode can be found here ← ← ← Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky. Special thanks to Veronica Simonetti and Erin Laetz at the Women’s Audio Mission, where all the intro scenes were recorded this season. Special thanks also to Evan Johnson who played Mr. Morton and also coordinated the actors of the Junior Acting Troupe who play the students in the intros this season. Get in touch: Twitter // Facebook // Reddit // [email protected] Support the show: Patreon // Donorbox Subscribe: iTunes // Soundcloud // Spotify Sponsor information:Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of amazing classes covering dozens of creative and entrepreneurial skills. Flash Forward listeners get 2 months of unlimited access to thousands of classes for free by signing up at http://skillshare.com/flashforward Papers & books I mention in the Skillshare ad: "The art of being mentally healthy: a study to quantify the relationship between recreational arts engagement and mental well-being in the general population" and How to be a Happy Academic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and I'm your host.
0:03.0	Flash Forward is a show.
0:04.0	Flash Forward is a show.
0:08.0	Hello and welcome to Flash Forward.
0:11.0	I'm Rose and I'm your host. Flash Forward is a show about the future.
0:16.1	Every episode we take on a specific possible or not so possible future scenario.
0:22.8	We always start with a little field trip to the future
0:25.6	to check out what is going on,
0:27.5	and then we teleport back to today
0:30.1	to talk to experts about how that world that we just heard might really go down.
0:35.6	Got it? Great. This episode we are starting in the year 2060. I won't freak out immediately.
0:52.6	Like red ears.
0:53.6	You know, we roll up the win.
0:54.8	Sorry I'm late everybody.
0:56.8	Sorry there was an incident in the cafeteria.
0:59.9	We're not gonna go into it, but uh...
1:01.8	I exploded. Yeah, we're not going to
1:03.8	Daniel again please please please all right the rumor mill is already
1:08.8	active we don't need to add fuel to the fire so So we have some debating to do. You guys ready?
1:15.3	Yeah.
1:16.3	Let me find my little list here. Oh, Santos and Ava, you guys are up.
1:22.0	All right.
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