Jeremy M. Weinstein's guest appearances

Jeremy M. Weinstein

Town Hall Seattle Civics Series

HarperAcademic Calling

The Realignment

Mehran Sahami

Conor Dougherty

Amber Tamblyn

Francis Fukuyama

Alec MacGillis

Christopher Leonard

Sean McFate

Rob Reich

Bhaskar Sunkara

Evan Osnos

Jose Antonio Vargas

Peggy Orenstein

George Packer

Brad Stone

Michael Lerner

OwlTail

Lauren Sato

It took no time at all. In the beginning, we looked at computers and the internet with wide eyes and open arms. It was a technology of liberating potential for us all. Now, it is arguably a dystopia: a dark monolith of algorithms, surveillance, criminality, and job-displacing robots.  Three Stanford professors with long careers in the tech industry, know of the shadows of these tangled webs—they shined a light on them, and offered some hope with System Error. It doesn’t have to be this way. Big tech’s focus on optimization leaves out one key facet: human optimism. Big tech is driving towards deeper riffs of discrimination, further erosions of privacy, and more losses for the working class. What do we hope for in the future? What is it that we value? Should big tech tell us what we value? Or should it be the other way around? Reich, Sahami, and Weinstein offered thoughts, suggestions, and tools to give us some power against that dark monolith. Rob Reich is a philosopher who directs Stanford University’s Center for Ethics in Society and is the associate director of its new Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Mehran Sahami was recruited to Google in its start-up days and was one of the inventors of email spam-filtering technology. He’s been a computer science professor at Stanford University since 2007. Jeremy Weinstein was a White House staffer for Barack Obama, launching Obama’s Open Government Partnership. Since 2015, he’s been a professor of political science at Stanford University, where he now leads Stanford Impact Labs. Lauren Sato is the Chief Executive Officer of Ada Developers Academy, a nonprofit, cost-free coding school for women and gender-expansive adults. Creating greater economic power and agency for BIPOC women and gender expansive folks means a better world for everybody. Buy the Book: System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot (Hardcover) from Elliott Bay Books Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation online click here. 

It took no time at all. In the beginning, we looked at computers and the internet with wide eyes and open arms. It was a technology of liberating potential for us all. Now, it is arguably a dystopia: a dark monolith of algorithms, surveillance, criminality, and job-displacing robots. <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/event/rob-reich-mehran-sahami-and-jeremy-m-weinstein/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Three Stanford professors</a> with long careers in the tech industry, know of the shadows of these tangled webs—they shined a light on them, and offered some hope with System Error. It doesn’t have to be this way. Big tech’s focus on optimization leaves out one key facet: human optimism. Big tech is driving towards deeper riffs of discrimination, further erosions of privacy, and more losses for the working class. What do we hope for in the future? What is it that we value? Should big tech tell us what we value? Or should it be the other way around? Reich, Sahami, and Weinstein offered thoughts, suggestions, and tools to give us some power against that dark monolith. Rob Reich is a philosopher who directs Stanford University’s Center for Ethics in Society and is the associate director of its new Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Mehran Sahami was recruited to Google in its start-up days and was one of the inventors of email spam-filtering technology. He’s been a computer science professor at Stanford University since 2007. Jeremy Weinstein was a White House staffer for Barack Obama, launching Obama’s Open Government Partnership. Since 2015, he’s been a professor of political science at Stanford University, where he now leads Stanford Impact Labs. Lauren Sato is the Chief Executive Officer of Ada Developers Academy, a nonprofit, cost-free coding school for women and gender-expansive adults. Creating greater economic power and agency for BIPOC women and gender expansive folks means a better world for everybody. Buy the Book: <a href="https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9780063064881" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot (Hardcover)</a> from Elliott Bay Books Presented by <a href="https://townhallseattle.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Town Hall Seattle</a>. To become a member or make a donation online <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/support/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.

258. Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy M. Weinstein with Lauren Sato: How to Reboot Big Tech

Michael Fynan talks with Professors Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy M. Weinstein about their book, SYSTEM ERROR. Learn more: https://www.harperacademic.com/pages/systemerrorbook.

Michael Fynan talks with Professors Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, and Jeremy M. Weinstein about their book, SYSTEM ERROR. Learn more: <a href="https://www.harperacademic.com/pages/systemerrorbook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.harperacademic.com/pages/systemerrorbook</a>.

Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, And Jeremy M. Weinstein

Mehran Sahami and Jeremy M. Weinstein, Stanford University professors and co-authors (with Rob Reich) of System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot, join The Realignment to discuss their new approach to empowering users, citizens, and technologists, and founders to develop new approaches to the tech industry’s future.You can preorder System Error at our Bookshop or wherever else you purchase your books.

Mehran Sahami and Jeremy M. Weinstein, Stanford University professors and co-authors (with Rob Reich) of System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot, join The Realignment to discuss their new approach to empowering users, citizens, and technologists, and founders to develop new approaches to the tech industry’s future. You can preorder System Error at our Bookshop or wherever else you purchase your books.

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