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How Algorithms Use Your Data to Control You

The Michael Shermer Show by Michael Shermer

Jun 9, 202601:34:18Science & Medicine

Michael Shermer speaks with Oxford philosopher Carissa Véliz about the long human desire to know the future—from ancient oracles and astrology to AI, surveillance capitalism, predictive policing, and "data-driven" decisi...

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How Algorithms Use Your Data to Control You is an episode from The Michael Shermer Show by Michael Shermer. Michael Shermer speaks with Oxford philosopher Carissa Véliz about the long human desire to know the future—from ancient oracles and...

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