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Gun-Detecting AI, Infrastructure, and Bureaucracy
Gun-Detecting AI, Infrastructure, and Bureaucracy
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Length:
86 minutes
Released:
Feb 12, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Aaron Gordon, Senior Writer at Motherboard, Vice’s science and technology website, talks about his co-authored article, “‘The Least Safe Day’: Rollout of Gun-Detecting AI Scanners Has Been a ‘Cluster,’ Emails Show,” with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. They also discuss Gordon’s career trajectory, going from a sports reporter to a writer focused on infrastructure, maintenance, bureaucracy, and related topics. Additionally, the two chat about systematic bottlenecks around electric vehicles, a promising technology too-often cast as a cure-all.
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Released:
Feb 12, 2023
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