The Human Algorithm
Chautauqua Lecture Series 2020 • 1h 5m
Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Friday, August 14, 2020.
Writer Flynn Coleman examines the impact intelligent technology will have on humanity and how we can thrive as we move into our brave new world.
Coleman, is a writer, international human rights attorney, professor, and social innovator who has worked with the United Nations, the United States federal government, and international corporations and human rights organizations around the world. Her book, A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence is Redefining Who We Are, is a groundbreaking narrative on the urgency of ethically designed AI and a guidebook to reimagining life in the era of intelligent technology.
This program is made possible by program sponsor Allegheny Health Network and The Charles and Gail Gamble Lecture Endowment.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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