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AI Featuring Jamelle Bouie

This week Jamelle Bouie questions whether we should accept the creep of AI in our lives, or push against it.

Will robots rule the world? New York Times journalist Jamelle Bouie asks how we can guard against the perils of artificial intelligence and make sure we don’t become servants to the technology? The New York Times columnist considers the ever more subtle and nuanced ways AI impacts our lives.

Watch Jamelle Bouie in Takes, filmed exclusively for BBC Select.

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