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Rebroadcast: Artificial Intelligence Rules the World in Gish Jen’s ‘The Resisters’

KQED's Forum - May 25, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
In her latest novel, “The Resisters,” Gish Jen creates a futuristic world where machines use artificial intelligence to control, track, and predict human behavior. In it, a baseball prodigy navigates a society that puts people in strict categories and functions. Machines do most of the jobs, whic...

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Artificial Intelligence Rules the World in Gish Jen’s ‘The Resisters’

KQED's Forum - February 17, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 595 ratings
In her latest novel, “The Resisters,” Gish Jen creates a futuristic world where machines use artificial intelligence to control, track, and predict human behavior. In it, a baseball prodigy navigates a society that puts people in strict categories and functions. Machines do most of the jobs, whic...

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88. Gish Jen (Author) – The Self in the World

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - March 04, 2017 11:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. The Think Again podcast takes us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpected conversation starters from Big Think’s interview archives. Novelist and essayist Gish Jen's ...