Sayash Kapoor is a computer scientist and co-author of AI Snake Oil. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy. His work focuses on the societal impacts of AI. In 2023, he was named to Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in AI.”
This conversation was recorded on February 27, 2025.
Learn more about Sayash, AI Snake Oil, and Ramesh. Follow Sayash on Bluesky, X, and LinkedIn. Keep up with Ramesh on X, YouTube, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok and LinkedIn. Questions or comments? Email podcastutopias@gmail.com.
References:
- The Fallacy of Inscrutability by Joshua A. Kroll.
- Technology and the Rise of Great Powers by Jeffrey Ding.
- Machine Bias by Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner.
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