Hostile Humanity
This week the discussion returns to the sinister side of AI, DEI training efficacy, and we ask where the ethical line is for how states carry out executions given the recent use of a new method in Alabama.
Phase 1 [2:22]: Deep Fakes? This week we focus on how AI has become a tool of misogyny and what happens when AI works too well. We grapple with who can be held responsible when AI is used against women, women of color, and other marginalized populations.
Phase 2 [14:18]: Tone Policing DEI at Penn State. A white adjunct professor sues the University for creating a hostile work environment in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is a bold move; yet as DEI trainers and educators we must consider our approaches in a country that is becoming increasingly hostile to such education, programming and initiatives.
Phase 3 [28:27]: The Ethics of Nitrogen Hypoxia. Kenneth Smith was recently executed by nitrogen gas in Alabama for a decades old murder conviction after two last minute appeals were denied. We have many questions at the intersection of science and ethics. Who gets to determine what methods are "humane" and why are we using something so "experimental" at this point without further testing?
Sources referenced in the show:
Inside the Taylor Swift Deepfake Scandal
'A Constant Drumbeat' of Racial Essentialism
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/dei-lawsuit-penn-state/677268/
Alabama Inmate executed with nitrogen gas
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/us/kenneth-smith-nitrogen-gas-execution-alabama/index.html
