Sarah Edelman: Why in the early 2010s, did we see a sudden resurgence in interest of AI? She says there is not a change in the fundamental algorithms or approaches to building AI. "Our techniques are newly relevant because there's been a breakthrough in innovative approaches," she says.
Featuring Meredith Whittaker, Edward Ongweso Jr., and Sarah Myers West on the mundane dystopia concealed beneath the AI hype machine.
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