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* Dropping by with an announcement about the episode that was planned for 1/1/2023
* Merry Yule friends! This week Ash is taking us on a trip to the late 90's to hear about the time the NSA banned a popular home item from entering their premises. Enjoy this lighthearted episode for the holidays, we'll see you in the New Year! SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby#cite_note-1 https://www.grunge.com/215007/the-real-reason-the-nsa-once-banned-furbies/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/talking-toy-or-spy/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-01-13-9901140035-story.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25QHy50nyZo https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55136/did-pentagon-really-ban-furbys https://www.easytechjunkie.com/why-were-furbies-once-considered-dangerous.htm https://thriftcon.co/blogs/news-culture/the-nsa-once-banned-furbies-for-being-a-foreign-spy-device
* This week we bring you the final episode in the JFK series for the year! We discuss all the crazy coincidences and dive into the different conspiracies behind the assassination. Katy asks Ash what she believes happened now that she's learned all about JFK and the events on that fateful day. https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2013/10/did-rfk-steal-jfk-s-brain https://www.maryferrell.org/pages/The_CIA_and_the_JFK_Assassination.html https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=946#relPageId=825 https://jfkfacts.substack.com/p/setting-the-record-straight-on-the https://www.npr.org/2013/11/10/243981006/inconsistencies-haunt-official-record-of-kennedys-death https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27705829 https://www.npr.org/2013/11/22/246734533/using-modern-ballistics-to-crack-cold-case-jfk https://www.livescience.com/41369-single-bullet-theory-jfk-assassination.html The Zapruder Film: https://www.schooltube.com/media/Zapruder+FilmA+JFK+Assassination+%5BHD%5D/1_3pmydxgt MOVIES- American Dynasty- The Kennedys on Discovery+ JFK: Unsolved- an ABC News documentary -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8i-R3saBBs JFK- The Lost Tapes- on National Geographic Oliver Stone's JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass BOOKS- JFK and The Unspeakable- James W. Douglass The House of Kennedy- James Patterson Other Podcasts to check out: Sinisterhood 2 John F Kennedy Episodes Solving JFK
* We have finally reached the last day of John F Kennedy's life, and ready to begin the first part of this infamous day in November. Sources: James Patterson- House of Kennedy Docuseries- American Dynasty (found on discovery+) JFK: The Lost Tapes JFK and The Unspeakable- James W Douglass https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president https://www.newsweek.com/new-documents-shed-light-cias-connection-lee-harvey-oswald-1765105 This is the website Katy was like "wait this isn't from history.com http://history.com" https://www.fff.org/2022/08/08/jfks-war-against-the-military-industrial-complex/ https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-John-F-Kennedy https://www.ap.org/explore/jfk-assassination/ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/11/15/jfk-assassination-files-conspiracy-fbi-00066780 https://abc7chicago.com/archive/5787903/ https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-f-kennedy Last Podcast on the Left
* This week, Katy lays out the ground work for who exactly may have wanted John F. Kennedy dead after his time in the White House. From the Bay of Pigs disaster, through the Cuban Missile Crisis and his many affairs, JFK made quite a bit of enemies. Join us while we prepare to cover his assassination next week. Sources James Patterson’s Docuseries Rest of the sources to come when Katy isn’t using her phone to write this.
* This week Katy gives us the low down on the way JFK was prepped for his political career by his *cough cough horrible cough* father. We also discuss the beginning of his relationship with Jackie O. and his many illnesses. Covering the context of how his early years directly relate to his future assassination. SOURCES: American Dynasty Docuseries James Pattersons House Of Kennedy JFK Revisited By Oliver Stone https://www.tigertimesonline.com/entertainment/2018/04/the-scandals-of-jfk/ https://spyscape.com/article/nixon-watergate-and-the-curious-jfk-connections https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/24/archives/dr-max-jacobson-faces-state-charges-on-conduct-dr-max-jacobson.html
* Curse...or Karma? This week we begin our deepest dive ever, all leading up to John F. Kennedy's assassination. We begin with Joe Kennedy Sr. and his rags to riches story, including: the death of a few of his children, his quest for political power, his fall out of society, the work he went through to start JFK's political career, and the fate of his daughter, Rose Marie Kennedy, whose horrible treatment inspired her sister to start the Special Olympics. * Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-P-Kennedy https://jfkhyannismuseum.org/joseph-p-kennedy/ https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/joseph-p-kennedy https://www.nps.gov/people/joseph-p-kennedy-patriarch-of-the-kennedys.htm American Dynasty Docuseries
With news about the possibility of finding Cleopatra's Tomb dropping this week, it seemed only right to cover her incredible life, mysterious death, and everything that has happened since. Join us while we refresh ourselves on the details surrounding one of the baddest, most intelligent, powerful, wise, and kindest b*tches in of all time. SOURCES Documentary "Cleopatra: Sex, Lies and Secrets" from 2020 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-temple-cleopatra-lost-tomb-scli-intl-scn/index.html https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/cleopatra https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cleopatra-queen-of-Egypt https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cleopatra.shtml https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rehabilitating-cleopatra-70613486/ Stuff You Should Know Podcast- ep. Ms. Understood Ms. Freeman's 6th Grade Social Studies class at Manhattan Beach Middle School 2002
This week, we discuss the Violence Against Women Act. We cover the history of it, what it currently entails, and the ways in which it can be improved. We talk about the loopholes that leave some victims of sexual violence on the hook for medical bills from their rape kit and post-assault care, and mull over the ways that these loopholes can be fixed. Sources https://www.womenslaw.org/about-abuse/abuse-using-technology/all#node-68734 https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/out-of-pocket-charges-for-rape-kits-and-services-for-sexual-assault-survivors/ https://www.kff.org/about-us/ https://19thnews.org/2022/04/sexual-assault-survivor-bill-rape-kit/ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/07/10/739925186/years-after-sexual-assault-survivors-hounded-to-pay-bills-for-the-rape-kit-exam https://nnedv.org/content/violence-against-women-act/ https://www.legalmomentum.org/history-vawa
This week we're having some Halloween fun as Katy reads us some truly terrifying tales. Is it real, is it creepy pasta? Let's find out together! Happy Halloween! Sources: https://www.pbs.org/video/dont-let-them-in-the-urban-legends-of-black-eyed-children-oht8de/ https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-black-eyed-children-55705 https://kixs.com/texas-scariest-urban-legend-are-the-black-eyed-kids/ https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2013/11/16-peoples-terrifying-encounters-with-the-black-eyed-kids/ https://keanradio.com/beware-of-abilenes-black-eyed-kids-and-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.historicmysteries.com/brian-bethel-black-eyed-kids/
After last week, we still had a lot of questions about executions, doctors involvement, the ethics behind that, botched executions and the firing squad. Since we still felt like there we things to cover we took a closer look at last weeks topics, and the American Medical Asscociation's Code of Ethics to see what they had to say about it all. Sources- https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/capital-punishment https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/methods-of-execution https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/lethal-injection-and-physicians-state-law-vs-medical-ethics https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/should-physicians-participate-state-ordered-executions/2013-03 https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/04/30/doctors-in-the-death-chamber/doctors-can-and-do-participate-in-executions https://deathpenalty.procon.org/questions/should-physicians-participate-in-executions/ https://ethics.harvard.edu/event/excellent-execution-why-physicians-participate-lethal-injection-prisoners https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/botched-executions https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/20/us/oklahoma-botched-executions-history/index.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/botched-executions https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alan-eugene-miller-alabama-inmate-endured-torture-lethal-injection-execution-attempt-attorney-says/
This week we are discussing the origins of the death penalty and the reasons it still exists in the United States. Sources: https://documents.deathpenaltyinfo.org/pdf/FactSheet.pdf https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/4/21/death-row-usa-a-history-of-the-death-penalty-in-america https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/HistoryoftheDeathPenaltyinAmerica.pdf https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/overview-death-penalty-and-capital-trials-history-current-status CIVICS 101 - podcast episode about the death penalty and interview with Carol Stiker https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/executions-overview/number-of-executions-by-state-and-region-since-1976 https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/69-5030 https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/287us45 https://naacp.org/resources/naacp-continues-oppose-death-penalty-and-supports-creation-commission-investigate-current
This week we take a look at traumatic brain injuries in football and how the NFL made concussions into a conspiracy in order to protect their pockets. SOURCES: https://www.science.org/content/article/ninety-nine-percent-ailing-nfl-player-brains-show-hallmarks-neurodegenerative-disease https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SedClkAnclk https://www.nfl.com/news/dolphins-qb-tua-tagovailoa-exits-thursday-s-game-after-suffering-apparent-head-i https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sports/league-of-denial/timeline-the-nfls-concussion-crisis/ https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/nfl-tried-intimidate-scientists-studying-link-between-pro-football-and-traumatic-brain https://www.nytimes.com/article/cte-definition-nfl.html https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/2/16956440/super-bowl-2020-concussion-symptoms-cte-football-nfl-brain-damage-youth https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047793751/nfl-concussion-settlement-race-norming-cte https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002627309/nfl-says-it-will-halt-race-norming-and-review-brain-injury-claims
Take a listen for a special announcement about this coming week's episode!
This week, Ash informs us of the process of a rape kit and our justice system's backlog of untested kits. We learn about what is causing the backlog and about the short amount of time that many assault survivors have before their kits are destroyed. This leads us to talk about Amanda Nguyen, an activist whose own issues with her rape kit have emboldened her to write new legislation, the Sexual Assuault Survivor's Bill of Rights, and have it passed in Congress and the United Nations. Stay tuned for the end of the episode, we give links to organizations who are trying to end the backlog and change our legal system for the good of assault survivors. Sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZG_Xb0NWE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZG_Xb0NWE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Nguyen#cite_note-NBC-4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Nguyen#cite_note-NBC-4 https://www.amanda.website/ https://www.amanda.website/ https://time.com/collection/american-voices-2017/4478049/amanda-nguyen-american-voices/ https://time.com/collection/american-voices-2017/4478049/amanda-nguyen-american-voices/ https://time.com/collection/women-of-the-year/6150543/amanda-nguyen-interview/ https://time.com/collection/women-of-the-year/6150543/amanda-nguyen-interview/ https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/04/united-nations-adopts-historic-resolution-on-justice-for-rape-survivors https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/04/united-nations-adopts-historic-resolution-on-justice-for-rape-survivors https://ignitenational.org/blog/amanda-nguyen-is-an-ignite-leader-on-fire https://ignitenational.org/blog/amanda-nguyen-is-an-ignite-leader-on-fire https://www.forbes.com/sites/moiraforbes/2020/02/27/amanda-nguyens-historic-fight-for-sexual-assault-survivors/?sh=1539bfd32c8d https://www.forbes.com/sites/moiraforbes/2020/02/27/amanda-nguyens-historic-fight-for-sexual-assault-survivors/?sh=1539bfd32c8d https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Assault_Survivors%27_Rights_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Assault_Survivors%27_Rights_Act https://ualr.edu/socialchange/2021/03/31/the-injustice-of-americas-rape-kit-backlog/ https://ualr.edu/socialchange/2021/03/31/the-injustice-of-americas-rape-kit-backlog/ https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/02/02/sen-cornyn-texas-has-the-tools-to-end-the-rape-kit-backlog-lets-use-them/ https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/02/02/sen-cornyn-texas-has-the-tools-to-end-the-rape-kit-backlog-lets-use-them/ https://www.endthebacklog.org/what-is-the-backlog/why-test-all-kits/ https://www.endthebacklog.org/what-is-the-backlog/why-test-all-kits/ https://www.risenow.us/rise-justice-labs https://www.risenow.us/rise-justice-labs https://www.risenow.us/ https://www.risenow.us/ https://www.risenow.us/campaigns/universal-survivors-bill-of-rights https://www.risenow.us/campaigns/universal-survivors-bill-of-rights https://www.risenow.us/campaigns/sexual-assault-survivors-bill-of-rights
This week we are covering the current protests in Iran over the suspicious death of Zhina Mahsa Amini by Iran's morality police. Sources: Tiktok user Wakance posted a video on actionable items for Iran, Please seek out their account, if you do not use tiktok we posted it our instagram and facebook. Opening tiktok from user tytysplanett https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-a-womans-death-in-iran-has-ignited-new-protests/2022/09/21/f12808b0-39b9-11ed-b8af-0a04e5dc3db6_story.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/23/iran-morality-police-root-cause-iranian-protest-anger-explainer https://apnews.com/article/religion-ap-top-news-tehran-international-news-arrests-fdc5e45df0664a219ce40aafa1bd4e69 https://womensartblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/hengameh-golestan-100000-women-protest-the-hijab/ https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-gives-three-women-fifty-five-years-in-prison-for-defying-islamic-dress-code-597537 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/2/2/iran-arrests-29-women-for-not-wearing-hijab-in-protests https://observers.france24.com/en/20170524-iran-gash-ershad-video-spotlight-hijab-arrest-women https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iran/local-laws-and-customs https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2020/dec/08/part-3-iranian-laws-women
This week we are staying on theme with our recent discussions about trafficking and sex work. We will be dicussing the cases of abuse survivors being criminalized after defending themselves against their abusers and attackers. We learn about Battered Woman Syndrome and coercive control, and how the courts would rather make these women seem mentally unstable as a defense than acknowledge the actual history of abuse performed against them. We also discuss the issues with certain state's laws that force women to pay restitution to the abuser's families. Sources https://www.starsdorset.org/blog/locked-up-for-killing-your-abuser https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2021/jul/1/woman-abuse-survivors-sent-prison-self-defense/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/cyntoia-brown-beyond-other-cases-775874/ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/20/how-far-can-abused-women-go-to-protect-themselves https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/deadly-force-self-defense-against-rape https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/us/iowa-teen-restitution-family-of-alleged-rapist/index.html https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/910.3B.pdf https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/identifying-abuse/a-guide-to-coercive-control https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077801218816191
After our trafficking episode, we wanted to discuss some issues related to sex work. We dive into the history of sex work, deprogramming the stigma against legal & consensual sex work, and the ways that sex workers have had their lives unjustly impacted by law enforcement. We focus on a specific law that was made with good intentions, but in reality, made it immediately more difficult to track real trafficking victims online and pushed legal sex workers out of having their own full authority over how they work & back into unsafe situations on the streets or with pimps. Sources Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Season 9 Episode 2 - Found on HBO https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/understanding-sex-work-open-society https://sexworkersproject.org https://decriminalizesex.work https://www.britannica.com/topic/prostitution https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/07/02/oakland-police-scandal-how-often-are-cops-having-sex-with-prostitutes/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/59mbkx/police-are-allegedly-sleeping-with-sex-workers-before-arresting-them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Enabling_Sex_Traffickers_Act https://www.techdirt.com/2018/05/14/police-realizing-that-sesta-fosta-made-their-jobs-harder-sex-traffickers-realizing-made-their-job-easier/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/anti-sex-trafficking-advocates-say-new-law-cripples-efforts-to-save-victims-629081/ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-report-new-york-prostitution-arrests-target-women-and-people-of-color-301483872.html https://www.zdnet.com/article/fosta-sesta-trafficking-law-used-once-since-2018-gao-report/
September is here, and we're getting spooky! Katy takes us on an adventure as we discuss the weird happenings of the Bermuda Traingle. Sources: (lol) BuzzFeed: unsolved episodes can be found on hulu The UneXplained episode on "strange disappearances" found on hulu
This week Katy tells us all about the misconceptions and misleading things we've been taught about trafficking and stranger danger. We discuss how there is a major lack of accurate statistics surrounding this issue, why that could be, and how the things presented to us cloud to real issues of human trafficking. SOURCES https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10508-018-1367-4.pdf https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.459.3197&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://www.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl486/files/our_work/DMM/MAD/Counter-trafficking%20Data%20Brief%20081217.pdf https://www.ctdatacollaborative.org https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/children-sex-trafficking-conspiracy-epidemic/620845/ You're Wrong About- Podcast https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/10/the-disturbing-saga-of-robert-kraft
This week we discuss Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Christian adoption agencies, the "great replacement theory", and forced sterilization of women from Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous communities with a focus on how it all relates to the trauma in the adoption process for both birth mothers and children. SOURCES https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/bethesda-home-girls-stolen-babies/ https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/bethesda-home-girls-stolen-babies/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/06/26/bethany-christian-services-family-separation-betsy-devos/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/06/26/bethany-christian-services-family-separation-betsy-devos/ https://www.newsweek.com/how-this-legal-woman-exposes-child-rehoming-ad-adoption-agency-viral-video-1667464 https://www.newsweek.com/how-this-legal-woman-exposes-child-rehoming-ad-adoption-agency-viral-video-1667464 https://www.dailydot.com/irl/adopted-children-rehome-ads-tiktok/ https://www.dailydot.com/irl/adopted-children-rehome-ads-tiktok/ https://ihpi.umich.edu/news/forced-sterilization-policies-us-targeted-minorities-and-those-disabilities-and-lasted-21st https://ihpi.umich.edu/news/forced-sterilization-policies-us-targeted-minorities-and-those-disabilities-and-lasted-21st https://twu.edu/media/documents/history-government/Autonomy-Revoked--The-Forced-Sterilization-of-Women-of-Color-in-20th-Century-America.pdf https://twu.edu/media/documents/history-government/Autonomy-Revoked--The-Forced-Sterilization-of-Women-of-Color-in-20th-Century-America.pdf https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/unwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states/ https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/unwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states/ https://www.mississippifreepress.org/6030/ice-detainees-alleged-hysterectomies-recall-a-long-history-of-forced-sterilizations https://www.mississippifreepress.org/6030/ice-detainees-alleged-hysterectomies-recall-a-long-history-of-forced-sterilizations https://www.salon.com/2009/09/02/adoption_rings/ https://www.salon.com/2009/09/02/adoption_rings/ https://www.newsweek.com/wokeness-has-come-adoption-its-children-who-will-suffer-opinion-1587611 https://www.newsweek.com/wokeness-has-come-adoption-its-children-who-will-suffer-opinion-1587611 https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Replacement-Theory-Explainer-1122.pdf https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Replacement-Theory-Explainer-1122.pdf https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Replacement-Theory-Explainer-1122.pdf https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Replacement-Theory-Explainer-1122.pdf https://ijrcenter.org/forced-sterilization/ https://ijrcenter.org/forced-sterilization/
This week we discover what has emerged from glaciers as they melt more rapidly due to climate change. This is an aspect we never really considered when talking about the effects of climate change on our planet. The things we'll be talking about range from light hearted to devastating. Sources will be posted shortly, we apologize for the delay!
This week, Katy surprises Ash with a topic! We're talking clones! Katy has apparently been hyperfixating on it at work, so now we get to hear all about it! Join us as we discuss different methods of cloning, some successful cloning stories, and the laws surrounding human cloning. SOURCES https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Cloning-Fact-Sheet https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/natural-sciences/dolly-the-sheep/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/08/01/synthetic-mouse-embryo/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120229-cloning-which-animals-and-when https://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2011/04/06/cloned_cows_produce_human_milk_with_huge_upside.html https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/natural-sciences/dolly-the-sheep/ https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/part-four-cloning-policy-in-the-united-states
This week we take a VERY deep dive into simulation theory (yesss, yes, we know it's scientifically categorized as a hypothesis) what some of the greatest minds around us have to say about it, and just maybe convince our guest that we are living in a simulation. SOURCES; Built-In Article- https://builtin.com/hardware/simulation-theory The Why Files- https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=4wMhXxZ1zNM Nick Bostrom- https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.pdf Vox- https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virk Scientific American- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-we-live-in-a-simulation-chances-are-about-50-50/ Space.com https://www.space.com/universe-simulation-hypothesis-problems PBS- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-MNSLsjjdo
This week is a little bit different...Katy covers some real and fictional stories involving simulation hypothesis, and glitches in the matrix that are just unexplainable. Next week we will be back with our FULL simulation hypothesis episode including a phenomal guest. Enjoy!
This week we have a more casual episode, with some discussions about past & recent events in the art world! Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-clue-emerges-in-the-gardner-museum-art-heist-saga-180979651/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/arts/design/van-gogh-self-portrait-x-ray.html https://www.cnn.com/style/article/magic-mirror-cincinnati-art-museum-scn/index.html
We conclude our 3 part series on Artificial Intelligence with a discussion about an information leak from an ex-employee of Google, regarding whether or not an AI system from Google has become sentient. Sources
This week we continue our conversation about AI. We hear about accidents involving robots in factories & errors in self-driving cars. We get into an ethical discussion about the usage of self-driving cars, referencing the trolley problem, and we ponder whether humans need to work at all.
This week we begin a 3 part series where we cover the history of AI (Artificial Intelligence), accidents involving AI, and the ethics of AI and self-driving vehicles. We will also be discussing the recent headlines of a Google AI possibly becoming sentient. Sources https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/what-is-artificial-intelligence https://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/471/papers/turing.pdf https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/what-is-artificial-intelligence https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/history-artificial-intelligence/ https://blog.robotiq.com/5-ways-cobots-are-used-in-medicine-and-healthcare https://www.marketingaiinstitute.com/blog/ai-for-social-media
This week we discuss the differences between disinformation and misinformation, and the harmful impacts both have had on our society. Sources https://web.uri.edu/quadangles/020-the-age-of-disinformation/ https://www.discoursemagazine.com/culture-and-society/2022/04/08/misinformation-disinformation-and-propaganda/ https://www.accessnow.org/what-is-disinformation-how-to-stop-it/ https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2021/12/Informing-the-disinfo-debate-report.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/technology/usareally-russian-news-site-propaganda.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformation-social-media.html?searchResultPosition=22 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/us/politics/russian-disinformation-aids-fake-news.html?searchResultPosition=36 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillgoldenziel/2022/05/18/the-disinformation-governance-board-is-dead-heres-the-right-way-to-fight-disinformation/?sh=57765d357a0b https://www.npr.org/2022/05/21/1100438703/dhs-disinformation-board-nina-jankowicz https://www.businessinsider.com/misinformation-vs-disinformation
