🎙️ Life with Machines Ep. #9: Can We Fix AI Before It’s Too Late?

In this Life with Machines episode, Baratunde Thurston talks with Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, a leading voice in AI ethics and accountability. She and Baratunde discuss moral outsourcing (why we blame AI instead of its creators), the failure of responsible AI, and the challenge of holding tech accountable when it’s designed to evade scrutiny.

As the former Director of Machine Learning Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability at Twitter—before the Elon Musk era—Dr Chowdhury's seen firsthand how power, politics, and algorithms collide. Rumman also breaks down her work as CEO of Humane Intelligence, where she’s building tools to expose bias and keep AI systems in check. Plus, BLAIR—the show’s AI co-producer—joins the discussion, proving that auditing AI is anything but simple.

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