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Jill Lepore: AI and Power in the 21st Century

Name: Jill Lepore: AI and Power in the 21st Century
Start: 2026-10-07T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Literaturhaus Frankfurt

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Admission

12–28€

Date & Time

Wed, Oct 7, 06:00 PM

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Shows

About this event

The event is a special live episode of the ZEIT podcast "OK, America?" from the stage of the Schauspiel Frankfurt. Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore talks with Rieke Havertz and Klaus Brinkbäumer about her book "Die Regierung der Maschinen", the state of the United States, and the global consequences of artificial intelligence for democracy, justice, and freedom. The conversation will be held in both German and English, with German passages read by actress Anna Staab and a welcome from publisher Jonathan Beck. Afterwards, the recording will be released as a podcast episode.

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