Prop 22 and Tech Companies that Write Their Own Laws with Meredith Whittaker

Factually! with Adam Conover

English - December 16, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratings
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Distinguished research scientist at NYU’s AI Now Institute and former Google employee/organizer Meredith Whittaker joins Adam to break down Prop 22. They cover workers’ rights for tech companies like Uber and Doordash, why Uber and others spent 200 million dollars on Prop 22’s ad campaign, Meredith’s experience organizing at Google and pushing back at their foray into military tech, and the dangerous myths around artificial intelligence.
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