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Welcome to “Futures of Work,” a podcast about workers and working conditions in Southern California, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program. My name is Brady Collins, Professor of Political Science, faculty fellow with CCEP, and your host. This season our podcast explores the realities of worker exploitation and the power of worker organizing in Southern California's low-wage industries. While these industries are essential to the region's economy, the experiences of the workers who sustain them often remain invisible. In this episode, CCEP student fellows Sophie Rivasplata and Emily Kurtz interview two restaurant workers juggling multiple jobs and trying to make ends meet while also trying to build a career for themselves. In their conversations, they explore how career aspirations and workplace realities sometimes clash, what happens when workers try to fight for better protections, and the impact this has on workers’ lives.   We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to “Futures of Work,” a podcast about workers and working conditions in Southern California, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program. My name is Brady Collins, Professor of Political Science, faculty fellow with CCEP, and your host. This season our podcast explores the realities of worker exploitation and the power of worker organizing in Southern California's low-wage industries. While these industries are essential to the region's economy, the experiences of the workers who sustain them often remain invisible. In this episode, CCEP student fellow Alexis Yrigoyen explores how full-time college students working 20 or more hours per week navigate exhaustion, financial pressure, and future uncertainty. In doing so she documents how pursuing higher education in Los Angeles increasingly feels unsustainable despite being framed as a pathway to opportunity.  We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to “Futures of Work,” a podcast about workers and working conditions in Southern California, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program. My name is Brady Collins, Professor of Political Science, faculty fellow with CCEP, and your host. This season our podcast explores the realities of worker exploitation and the power of worker organizing in Southern California's low-wage industries. While these industries are essential to the region's economy, the experiences of the workers who sustain them often remain invisible. In this first episode, CCEP student fellows Amelia Bellah and Marissa Martinez react to an article they read in Fortune magazine covering which jobs are least likely to be replaced by AI. Through their research, they discover that many of the industries least likely to be replaced are jobs that are increasingly fulfilled by women. By talking to workers in these industries they explore to what extent AI is impacting these jobs, as well as the role of gender in the workplace.  We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In this season's final episode, CCEP student fellow Ilke Suzer confronts one of the most urgent ethical questions of our time: what happens when artificial intelligence becomes the author of truth. To do so, she interviews a leading voice in AI ethics, Merve Isler, Founder of Marvelous, an AI-powered platform reshaping the creator economy. In their conversation they explore the cognitive and cultural implications of synthetic storytelling, deepfakes, and algorithmic authorship.  If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In today’s episode, CCEP student fellow Karina Shah introduces the “Bob” as a character representing the part of the generative AI model that developers and users still do not understand. In a conversation between “Dr. Karina” and “Bob”, she exposes how Bob’s misbehaviors and misunderstandings limit the usefulness and reliability of AI technology. In doing so, she urges a call to action on regulating this technology.  If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In today’s episode, CCEP fellow Monserrat Perez Cabrales explores the ability of generative AI to trick the public into believing something is real when it is not. To do so, she shares some high-profile images created by generative AI with students on campus to test whether they can tell what’s real. She then discusses how best to prevent the harm done by fake images and how to prevent crimes committed through “deepfakes." If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In today’s episode, CCEP fellow Lana Kasfy investigates the potential harm AI poses to the youth. Lana discusses recent, tragic events that have occurred as a result of young people interacting with AI without proper guidance or supervision. She then interviews a school counselor to better understand the roles that schools, parents, and policy makers should play in protecting young people from the harms of certain types of AI. As a warning to listeners, this episode does cover the topic of suicide. If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In today’s episode, we are thrilled to share with you a recording of a panel discussion held this past year at Cal Poly Pomona, titled, “Algorithmic Identities? Race, Gender, and Power in AI and Social Media.” This panel brought together two experts for a rich discussion on questions of power and privilege, including narratives about gender in online wellness discourse and the harms caused by perceptions of “AI neutrality.” The panelists were Tiffany Tsantsoulas, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Cal State Bakersfield and Rayheem Eskridge, Research and Instruction Librarian for the College of Environmental Design at Cal Poly Pomona. You can find a video recording of the event on CCEP’s Youtube Channel. . If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In today’s episode, CCEP fellows Erik Jaimes-Garcia, Kevin Tapia, Anton Van Oppen, and Jesse Reyes discuss the connection between social media and mental health as it relates to AI. In particular, they explore today’s growing epidemic of social isolation and alienation, as well as toxic productivity. If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In today’s episode, CCEP student fellow Mark Haddad brings to light how AI is impacting current and prospective software engineers, both in terms of their job prospects and career pathways as well as how it changes the way they code. For insight on this topic, he interviews Dr. John Korrah, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Cal Poly Pomona. In doing so, they discuss the concept of “vibe coding” and provide concrete advice to computer science students struggling amidst these changes in the field. If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In today’s episode, CCEP student fellow Nancy Garay delves into the controversial relationship between AI’s capabilities and artistic creation. As AI continues evolving and produces more and more sophisticated artwork, is it on the road to replacing human beings in the art world? And, what does this mean for the future of human creativity? Through interviews with students, artists, and experts in the art realm, this episode examines both the fears and benefits presented by AI in the creative sphere. If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In today’s episode, CCEP student fellow Jazmine Quinones discusses the impacts of generative AI on our perception of reality, particularly in relation to misinformation and visual media. She examines the challenges of distinguishing between real and AI-generated images, the emotional responses to these images, and the need for improved media and AI literacy. If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In today’s episode, CCEP student fellows Rebecca Garcia-Marguez and Destiny Lorenz explore the implications of generative AI in the classroom setting. They highlight the experiences of both students and professors in understanding the challenges and opportunities that AI poses to learning and classroom pedagogy. If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Insert AI-Generated Title, a podcast about artificial intelligence and how it impacts our lives, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona. This season, CCEP student fellows explore the ethical and policy issues arising from the rapid development of AI. From its applications in crime prevention to generative technology, AI raises a variety of concerns around privacy, fairness, transparency, and bias, as well as questions of truth and our very perception of reality. How can we use and design AI in responsible ways? When, if ever, should we trust it? In today’s episode, Tone It Down, CCEP student fellow Jonathan Carrigan speaks with Sylvan Jesien, a linguist studying prescriptive language devices, to better understand how these devices currently shape the way we write and may in the future shape how we speak to one another.  If you care about these issues and like what you hear, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program. This season, we explore the many ways in which misinformation affects our everyday lives through influencing, distorting, or driving the discourse in our society.  In the past few years, the idea of misinformation has entered the zeitgeist through the concept of “fake news,” or online conspiracy theories shared by your relatives on Facebook, which is probably what most listeners will think of when they hear the term.  However, misinformation is neither a new, nor a specifically online problem. In these episodes, the CCEP student fellows use examples from our own class discussions as well as their own lived experience to illustrate the many ways in which misinformation influences what we think, how we act, and what we believe. In this final journey through the misinformation multiverse, student fellow Silas Hood unpacks the origin of the term “fake news,” the rise of its utility following the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, and the societal impacts associated with that rise.  Helping him navigate this phenomenon will be Dr. Hyungjin Gill, an assistant professor of Communication at Cal Poly Pomona, who will provide insightful commentary regarding the topic, particularly in the use of the term “fake news” by political elites.  The correlating distrust in mainstream and local media is a matter of concern, and Silas hopes that by drawing attention to and better understanding the term “fake news” we can help move away from its use as a misleading moniker used to counter arguments that conflict with our own personal narratives. We ask that if you like what you hear, if you care about these issues, please share our podcast with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks for listening, and stay tuned for our next season!