Today, Michael and Josh interview Professor Meredith Broussard to discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI), its role in cancer diagnosis, her journey with breast cancer and her inspiration for her latest book, More than a Glitch. Meredith is a data journalist at the Arthur L Carter Journalism Institute of New York University and has had an exceptionally versatile career, previously having worked as a software developer for MIT Media Lab and a former features editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
She is also the author of numerous other books, including Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech and Artificial Unintelligence. She is the research director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology.
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