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Impact Under Pressure

Jamal Watkins

SVP OF STRATEGY AND ADVANCEMENT, NAACP

“Remote work means the workforce can be expanded. But then there's a flip side. One of the top 14 things that impact Black life expectancy is closeness to people. You live longer if you are interacting with people.”

Meredith Whittaker

PRESIDENT, SIGNAL FOUNDATION

“AI is—and I believe inextricably will be—replicating patterns of historical inequality and marginalization. And in many powerful ways, it will be obscuring accountability for

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