Jacob Metcalf

Data & Society; co-founder of Ethical Resolve

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Researcher at Data & Society; co-founder of Ethical Resolve.

Jacob Metcalf on KCRW

The movies “The Terminator,” “Blade Runner,” and “Her” all center around a future of humans and machines living together. But that’s actually happening right now.

A.I. gets more sophisticated, but the ethics governing it are not

The movies “The Terminator,” “Blade Runner,” and “Her” all center around a future of humans and machines living together. But that’s actually happening right now.

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