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  "description": "We sat down with Carissa Véliz, author of 'Privacy is Power' and Oxford AI Ethics professor, to talk about how predictive AI will make a 'meritocracy' impossible, how lifelike chat bots are designed to deceive you, and the importance of privacy in the digital age.",
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    "Prophecy by Carissa Véliz: 9780385550970 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksFrom an award-winning University of Oxford professor comes a brilliant, urgent new look at prophecies—the predictions that determine our lives, from our personal finances and the quality of our healthcare…PenguinRandomhouse.comDismiss",
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  "textContent": "We sat down with Carissa Véliz, author of Privacy is Power and University of Oxford associate professor, to talk about how predictive AI will make a 'meritocracy' impossible, how lifelike chat bots are designed to deceive you, and the importance of privacy in the digital age.\n\nCarissa Véliz is an associate professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford, a renowned author and speaker, a board member of the Proton Foundation, and a member of UNESCO's Women 4 Ethical AI.\n\n**Her new book, 'Prophecy,' comes out on April 21st.** Prophecy is about how extensive use of predictive analytics is undermining our abilities to defy the odds, making systems unaccountable, and increasing risk in business and society while creating a false sense of security.\n\nProphecy by Carissa Véliz: 9780385550970 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksFrom an award-winning University of Oxford professor comes a brilliant, urgent new look at prophecies—the predictions that determine our lives, from our personal finances and the quality of our healthcare…PenguinRandomhouse.comDismiss\n\nSome references in this video can be found on her website:\n\n  * https://www.carissaveliz.com/research\n  * https://www.carissaveliz.com/writing\n\n",
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