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The episode discusses how AI predictions can shape outcomes and the ethical implications of such technologies.

What happens when an AI prediction does not just forecast the future, but helps create it? In this episode of AI-Curious, we talk with philosopher and ethicist Carissa Véliz about AI ethics, AI privacy, predictive AI, and the hidden power of algorithmic decision-making. We explore how AI systems used in hiring, lending, insurance, and other high-stakes settings can become self-fulfilling prophecies, shaping outcomes rather than simply measuring them. We also examine the growing privacy risks ...

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Host: Jeff Wilser

Guest: Carissa Véliz

Topics covered

• AI ethics
• predictive AI
• algorithmic decision-making
• privacy risks
• self-fulfilling prophecies

Keywords

• AI
• ethics
• privacy
• predictive algorithms
• decision-making

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Organizations: AI-Curious

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