This week on New Mexico in Focus, KUNM’s Megan Kamerick speaks with two computer science experts about their work pushing elected officials to create privacy guardrails on artificial intelligence.
In this two-part interview, Santa Fe Institute Professor Cris Moore tells NMiF how AI algorithms and social media can be a perfect storm to spread misinformation on a massive scale.
Later, UNM Professor Melanie Moses considers how a lack of transparency from technology companies could lead to loopholes when crafting laws regulating AI.
Senior Producer Lou DiVizio interviews FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez about her first year on the job.
Our Land’s Laura Paskus sits down with Pueblo Action Alliance Executive Director Julia Bernal to discuss the many types of liberation her organization seeks for Indigenous people and everyone else.
NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 17 at 7 a.m. and streaming on the PBS video app.
NMiF Segments
Why Lawmakers Should Be Concerned About AI
and
Legislating Artificial Intelligence in NM
Correspondent
Megan Kamerick
Guests
Melanie Moses, professor, UNM Department of Computer Science
Cris Moore, professor, Santa Fe Institute
Commissioner Anna Gomez on Her Work at the FCC
Correspondent
Lou DiVizio
Guest
Anna Gomez, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Defending Home
Correspondent
Laura Paskus
Guest
Julia Bernal, Executive Director, Pueblo Action Alliance
Host
Lou DiVizio
New Mexico in Focus is the New Mexico PBS prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NMiF takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic health, education, and art issues and explores them in-depth with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment."
NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs, is Jeff Proctor. New Mexico in Focus's senior producer for public affairs is Lou DiVizio. “Our Land” Senior Producer is Laura Paskus. The producer of New Mexico in Focus is Antonio Sanchez, and co-producer is Kathy Wimmer.
Funding for New Mexico in Focus is provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You.
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