Podcasts about california initiative

As artificial intelligence continues to proliferate, California is still not sure how to regulate it. A new study commissioned by Governor Newsom calls for more transparency and guardrails, but stops short of endorsing specific regulatory legislation. The governor convened a special working group of leaders in the AI field, after he vetoed new regulations last year, and that group's report could have a lot of influence at the state Capitol, where there are dozens of bills in the pipeline that could change how California regulates and controls AI and protects us from its potential harms and abuses. The report calls for greater transparency into the development of new AI models and for outside testing of them with independent parties, and it suggests that the state consider whistleblower protections and potentially require that the government be informed about AI that could pose dangers to society. But it didn't specifically call for those measures to be enacted. For more, KCBS Political Reporter Doug Sovern sat down with Jonathan Mehta Stein, Chair of CITED, the California Initiative for Technology and Democracy, which is an offshoot of California Common Cause.

As AI continues to advance, its potential to influence elections and democracy, both positively and negatively, has become a critical issue. In this episode, we delve into the rapidly evolving intersection of artificial intelligence and election disinformation with Jonathan Mehta Stein where he discusses how AI, particularly generative AI, can be used to create deepfakes and other misleading content that could destabilize elections, deceive voters, and potentially alter election outcomes. We also explore how nonprofits and community organizations can play a crucial role in combating this emerging threat.   Attorneys for this episode  Quyen Tu, Melissa Marichal Zayas   Guest: Jonathan Mehta Stein, Executive Director of California Common Cause and the California Initiative for Technology and Democracy (CITED)   1. Introduction to AI and Election Disinformation:    - Jonathan Mehta Stein introduces the concept of AI and its implications for democracy.    - Overview of CITED (California Initiative for Technology and Democracy) and its mission to protect democracy from AI-powered disinformation.   2. Understanding AI and Generative AI:    - Explanation of artificial intelligence, generative AI, and their applications in everyday life.    - Discussion of the potential dangers of AI when it comes to sensitive areas like crime prediction and loan approvals.   3. Deepfakes and Their Impact on Elections:    - Definition and examples of deepfakes—AI-generated videos or audio that portray people doing or saying things they never did.    - The global rise of deepfakes in elections, with examples from Taiwan, Slovakia, and the United States.   4. Local Elections and the Threat of Deepfakes:    - Jonathan shares concerns about deepfakes being used at the local level, where they may go unnoticed and could significantly impact election outcomes.    - The particular risks faced by communities of color, immigrant communities, and non-English speakers.   5. What Can Nonprofits and Community Members Do?    - Practical steps for verifying information and combating disinformation in your community.    - The importance of being a trusted messenger and educating your community about digital threats.   6. The Role of Tech Companies:    - How major tech companies are responding (or not) to the challenges posed by AI and disinformation.    - Discussion on the first U.S. presidential election where AI is playing a significant role.   7. Policy Solutions and Legislative Efforts:    - Overview of the legislation being proposed to regulate AI and disinformation in the election context.    - CITED's policy framework for requiring digital watermarks and labeling AI-generated content.   8. Parting Thoughts:    - Jonathan's optimism about the nonprofit sector's ability to rise to this new challenge, and the urgency of addressing these threats in the short term.   Resources   - www.cited.tech - AI Threats in the Election - Commenting on Candidates in Campaigns - UC Berkeley IGS Poll on Digital Threats

On this episode of INCOGNITO the podcast, Michael interviews Randy Ryan! Since leaving the military, Randy has been working with underserved communities as a means of continuing his service to the nation as a civilian. Randy led the Teaching Gardens program for the American Heart Association, growing it to include over 500 schools nationally, and now serves as the Manager of the California Initiative for the Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC), whose mission it is to mobilize military veterans to feed America. In this conversation, Randy and Michael discuss the power of healing others to heal oneself, the necessity of serving your community in a meaningful way, and the importance of exposing yourself to new ideas and cultures. Randy shares his insight as to what it means to be an engaged citizen and leader, and the deep connection he has found between authenticity and personal growth. Key Takeaways: There is no better way to heal than to to heal others Do MORE than vote…serve your community! Get outside of your community and expose yourself to other ideas and cultures Build trust Authenticity is growth Randy's Media Recommendations: Everybody Pays by Maurice Possley and Rick Kogan __ Incognito the podcast is now on Instagram! Follow us @incognitotheplay __ Thanks to Ned Doheny for providing our podcast music! You can find him and his music on Spotify. Editing and co-production of this podcast by Nina Kissinger. Email info@incognitotheplay.com with questions or comments about the show!

In this episode, Co-Director of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine Dr. Julianne McCall talks with a student from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about scientific and evidence-based policymaking. About Julianne McCall: Julianne McCall serves as Co-Director of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine, housed within the California Governor's Office of Planning and Research. In that role, she oversees cross-sector health policy working groups and projects, research grantmaking, and state government interagency efforts, which include serving on Governor Newsom's COVID-19 Testing Task Force and as a writer of the forthcoming CA Surgeon General's Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences. Learn more about Julianne McCall via https://sciencetopolicy.ucr.edu/professional-leadership Podcast Highlights: “We don't see the world objectively; that's why we have tools, censors, devices that are detecting phenomena at granular levels that we are completely blind to.” - Julianne McCall on the topic of human nature in research and policymaking “The distribution of a finite resource that matters the most.” - Julianne McCall on the role and importance of funding in regards to research and solutions to problems. “A number of Americans and Californians have this lens within their faith communities, within a goodwill or golden rule framework, and ensuring fairness is top of mind for many folks.” - Julianne McCall on the topic of equity when it comes to solving real-world problems. Guest: Julianne McCall (Co-Director of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine) Interviewers: Kevin Karami (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean's Chief Ambassador) Music by: C Codaine https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/Minimal_1625 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/Phase Commercial Links: https://spp.ucr.edu/ba-mpp https://spp.ucr.edu/mpp This is a production of the UCR School of Public Policy: https://spp.ucr.edu/ Subscribe to this podcast so you don't miss an episode. Learn more about the series and other episodes via https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast.

Tea talks to Real-Life Superhero Denise Masino aka Miss Fit, star of documentary movie/webshow The Adventures of Miss Fit. Miss Fit has also rallied an annual charity fundraiser that benefits Saint Jude Children's Hospital for the last ten years. We talked about her life as a bodybuilder, entertainer, and all-around-person-who-kicks-ass.  Then Heidi and Tea discuss Tea's award-winning article on citizen journalists, we revisit the topic of UFO disclosure, and talk about Real-life Superhero ShadowVision, who supposedly is Scottish and also alleges he is "hunting" a serial killer in Little Rock. And then (Z-Z-ZAP!) new trivia from Miss Information and (POW!) we end by a song written and performed by one of Miss Fit's friends, Rock N' Roll (of the California Initiative) titled, appropriately enough, "Hero." Plus additional original music by Android138.  See this week's column for more about Miss Fit: Tea's Weird Week: The Marvelous Miss Fit | (teakrulos.com) Show notes  Miss Fit's YouTube page Tea's book Heroes in the Night More about Tea's citizen journalists article (and links) Tea's Weird Week episode S1E3 ("Countdown to UFO Disclosure") Arkansas Times article on ShadowVision Tea's Weird Week Facebook group  

Welcome to the International Brain Bee, where the innovators of tomorrow — most of them still too young to drive — are spending their days memorizing brain parts, studying neurons, and even dissecting cadaver brains. Meet Norbert Mylinski, who founded the worldwide competition, and Julianne McCall, a Brain Bee alum who is now ‎co-director of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine. Plus... How many Brain Bee questions could YOU answer? 

February is Black History Month-Late Night Health’s Mark Alyn spoke with Donnell White recently about how this important month relates to breast cancer. Part of Black history is that throughout the US African American women die from breast cancer at a rate 40 percent higher than other women. But in Los Angeles County, the statistics are 56 percent higher, and, in Long Beach, the mortality rate is 70 percent higher.That’s why the Susan G. Komen® Circle of Promise California Initiative was created… to rewrite this history.

February is Black History Month-Late Night Health’s Mark Alyn spoke with Donnell White recently about how this important month relates to breast cancer. Part of Black history is that throughout the US African American women die from breast cancer at a rate 40 percent higher than other women. But in Los Angeles County, the statistics are 56 percent higher, and, in Long Beach, the mortality rate is 70 percent higher. That’s why the Susan G. Komen® Circle of Promise California Initiative was created… to rewrite this history.

The promise of AI-driven precision medicine creates confusion around what problems can be solved with data. After a lengthy career as an expert consultant helping industry leaders hone the scope of their big data projects, solutions designer Prashant Natarajan focuses our attention to what precision medicine can do by first defining what it actually is (and isn't). Prashant discusses the definition of precision medicine as he defined in Multidisciplinary Approach to Head and Neck Cancer, and gives the CIO advice on how to prepare their team and tool sets to put it into practice. Show Notes: 3:25 Details on Prashant's current work, "Demystifying AI for the Enterprise" 4:13 What is Precision Medicine? 5:43 Important concepts in Precision Medicine. 11:20 Why Social Determinants of Health matter more than you think. 13:40 What is NOT Precision Medicine? 16:50 How Precision Medicine effects the healthcare analytics team. 21:25 What data does Precision Medicine use to develop the individualized risk profile? 24:00 Execution of feeding data into your models. 25:45 A list of data sources you should be collecting. 28:25 The goals of big data management and tools for health IT to accomplish them. 32:20 Training and skills for the CIO's team. 35:00 All levels of providers will be affected and they will all need training too. 40:30 Practical applications for new machine learning trends and advances in Precision Medicine. 42:20 The best way to get feedback and how to know if interventions are working (i.e. feedback loops). 47:30 Prashant Natarajan's new role at H2O.ai 51:10 Health AI uses and industry segments. About Prashant Natarajan  Prashant Natarajan is Senior Director & Product Maker at H2O.ai where he is responsible for AI solutions for industry verticals: health, life sciences, & government. He is passionate about helping healthcare organizations maximize their technology investments to improve personal wellness, care access & affordability, clinician satisfaction, and health policy. Prior to joining the H2O.ai team, Prashant contributed to award-winning roles as a product manager, domain specialist, and expert consultant at Oracle, McKesson, Siemens (now Cerner), Healthways, and eCredit.com. His current areas of focus are health insurance, drug discovery & safety, precision medicine, population health, and opioid crisis. He is a recognized executive leader, industry/domain expert, and hands-on solutions designer. Prashant received his master's degree in technical communications & linguistics from Auburn University. He has an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Manipal University.  Prashant is a best-selling author and contributor to books on business intelligence, big data analytics, applied machine learning, and head & neck cancer. He is currently writing “Demystifying AI for the Enterprise” (2018), which separates reality from hype using validated use cases and best practices across multiple industry verticals.  Prashant is Industry Advisor for the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM) project at San Francisco VA. He is on the Board of Advisors at Council for Affordable Health Coverage, Washington DC. He enjoys teaching Applied Deep/Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence as Co-Faculty Instructor at Stanford University, Palo Alto. Prashant also serves on Rutgers University's Big Data Advisory Board. He lives in Livermore, CA, with his wife, Vishnu; 6-year old, Shivani, baby Neel, and his Australian Cattle Dog, Simba. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natarpr/ Twitter: @natarpr And checkout our last show with Prashant as well: HIMSS18: Prashant Natarajan | Demystifying Big Data and Machine Learning for Healthcare About H2O.ai From their about page: H2O.ai is the leader in AI with its visionary open source platform, H2O. Its mission is to democratize AI for all. H2O.ai is transforming the use of AI within all software with its category-creating visionary open source machine learning movement. More than 12,600 companies use open-source H2O in mission-critical use cases for Finance, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, Telco, Sales, and Marketing. H2O.ai recently launched Driverless AI that uses AI to do AI in order to provide an easier, faster and cheaper means of implementing data science. Learn more: https://www.h2o.ai/ Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. --- The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar

Paradigm Shift - Mark “Blu” Lambert guests hosts with Daniel. Daniel interviews Dr. Emma Hughes,Professor in the Criminology Department at California State University, Fresno. After interning for the public defender's office and working on a documentary (Dark Days) decides to go into criminology rather than law. Dr. Hughes earned her Ph.D. in Criminology from Birmingham City University in the UK, where she also taught for five years before moving to Fresno. Dr. Hughes earned her M.Phil. in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. She has an M.A. in History from Columbia University and earned her B.A. in English from Stanford University. Dr. Hughes focuses in the Corrections option within the Criminology major and she regularly teaches the community-based and institutional corrections courses as well as courses in the graduate program. Her research interests focus on jails and prisons, with a particular emphasis on rehabilitation programs. She is the author of the book Education in Prison: Studying through Distance Learning, published by Ashgate in 2012. She contributed a chapter on prison education to the book How Offenders Transform Their Lives (eds: Veysey, Christian & Martinez, 2009, Willan Publishing) and she has also contributed chapters to edited volumes on prison education.She is currently undertaking research on the role and experiences of community volunteers who provide programming in prisons and jails. She is a co-editor of, and contributor to the book, The Voluntary Sector in Prisons: Encouraging Personal and Institutional Change(2016), part of Palgrave Macmillan's Studies in Prisons and Penology series. Dr. Hughes serves as an advisor to the Fresno County Local Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for whom she conducts research on the dynamics of the jail population. Whilst living in the UK Dr. Hughes conducted research for British charities involved in educational and arts provision in prisons. She regularly presents papers at conferences such as the American Society of Criminology’s annual meeting. She is the founder of Project Rebound at Fresno State, a support program for formerly incarcerated students. Dr. Hughes discusses the value of in person teaching, peer education and the influence of prison gangs on education in California. Project Rebound celebrates it’s 50 year anniversary and has achieved a 90% graduation rate. Jason Bell has worked to extend Project Rebound with assistance from The Opportunity Institute, Renewing Communities in California Initiative, to 8+ CSU campuses (Sacramento State, Bakersfield, Cal State LA, CAl State Fullerton, CAl State San Bernardino, CAl Poly Pomona, San Diego State University,  CAl State Long Beach, Stanislaus State with more coming on board. Last May the Each One Teach One, Arnold Trevino, Warden Rosemary Ndoh, Insight Garden Program ,  giving back , shift to bring in more education and lower prison population.   Coastline Community College Palo Verde Community College Grossmont Community College Mrs. Sandia Tuttle Warden Matthew Martel http://www.prexpanded.org projectrebound@mail.fresnostate.edu Project Rebound Department of Criminology California State University, Fresno 2576 E. San Ramon, M/S ST 104 Fresno, CA 93740   www.releasedintocaptivity.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Released2cptvty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Releasedintocaptivity/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/releasedintocaptivity/ Email Daniel: danielh@releasedintocaptivity.com Email Carlos: carlosc@releasedintocaptivity.com

In the first of our series 'Live from @BIOconvention 2017'Health Innovation Media co-hostDouglas Goldstein (@eFuturist) catches up with the Principal Investigator, leading the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM) Atul Butte, MD, PhD (@atulbutte). Produced by Gregg A. Masters, MPH (@2healthguru) for Health Innovation Media. Enjoy!     

Feeling a little burned-out on the real-life superhero community after six years, our host Rock N Roll and sound guy NightBug decided to embark on a month-and-a-half long, nationwide road trip. Their mission: Find and interview Real-Life Superheroes (and villains!) in YOUR neighborhood, and hopefully renew their sense of purpose by meeting some of these colorlful, quirky, and always-interesting people who are trying to make the world a better place in their own unique way. This week on Heroes 101 Radio - Spectre, Rock and Bug continue to chat with more of the folks they met (and a few they hope to catch up with) on the road, as well as discuss upcoming events in the Real-Life Superhero world! Tuesday, June 27, 7PM PT/10PM ET.

This week, Rock and Spectre are joined by Ruby Rinekso, to chat about KISS, cosplay and causeplay! Expect maximum geekness from this episode! About Ruby: Ruby Rinekso is a cosplayer, a musician, a graphic designer and a writer/director/actor in a string of comedic sci-fi based short films titled “RUBISODES.” He appeared in the film short, “The Adventures of Captain Bucky,” the off Broadway show “Space Captain: Captain of Space” and has had a featured role in two commercials for SpikeTV. He has also written, directed and appeared in several promotional video clips for Wizard World to advertise upcoming conventions. Having been making costumed appearances regularly since 2005, Ruby has made the rounds to some of the biggest Sci-Fi/Pop Culture conventions known. He first started making the convention circuit as a member of the Star Wars charity costume communities of the 501st and Rebel Legion, where he has made appearances as various STAR WARS characters. Moving beyond that, Ruby has enjoyed making a name for himself by thinking out-of-the-box, and regularly making appearances as rare characters that aren’t usually household names such as Black Manta, Solomon Grundy, or even Gleek from The Wonder Twins. He’s also been known to use unconventional means, such as stilts, to achieve the proper physical look of other characters such as The Incredible Hulk and Chewbacca. For the past 16 years, Ruby is a veteran member of the KISS tribute band, KISSNATION, playing stages nationally. He plays lead guitar, performing in the role of KISS member, “ACE FREHELY.” During that time, KISSNATION has had the honor of getting praise from original KISS founding members, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. Ruby lives in New York City as a graphic designer for an educational publishing company. Visit Ruby at http://www.rubyrinekso.com and http://www.facebook.com/planetruby.

This weekend, thousands of women are marching on Washington DC. It's not an anti-Trump protest. It's not a pro-Hillary protest. Hear from spokespeople from the Women's March about why they're marching and what they hope to achieve, to promote the rights of women across the country. Find out about the hat Project, a unique initiative that has "chicks with sticks" churning out pink hats in a sign of solidarity and unity, against an incoming administration that has set a precedent of marginalizing them. We've got an all-star guest list for this show, offering many different viewpoints on this complex subject, and Rock and Spectre invite you to call in or join us in the chatroom to share your voice!

This week, Spectre is dealing with the spate of hate-crimes emerging out of the divisiveness of the election, looking at practical means to help individuals in at-risk communities, physically, emotionally and even politically. Whatever side of the political fence you sit on, you're guaranteed to learn something this week! If you felt a sense of fear, anger or guilt last Wednesday when waking up to a new American era, this is a show you can't afford to miss!

This week, Rock and Spectre interview Allyson Crawford, director of Room to Grow, to discuss their ground-breaking program to solve poverty at its source by providing children from low-income families with everything they need for their first three years of life. Find out about the program, the results, and a "day in the life" account from people who have actually volunteered with Room to Grow!  

You pass these people in the streets everyday. You want to help them, but you don't want to throw money at the problem. What can you do?  You can give them HOPE.  Join us as we talk with the founder of Utah's Legacy Initiative, and our partners in S.I.G.N.s of HOPE, Travis Hysell and Tedd Mills. We'll tell you all you need to give hope to the homeless in your area. 

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Duh.  But we're not just talking about feeling up your boobs or what charity you can donate to. We're talking about what's being done for the survivors, how we can help women hold onto what's theirs, and what we're doing to benefit women and men during the month of October.  With special guests: Temper Ruska Roma of the Washington Initiative, Sakura of the Los Angeles, California Initiative and Miss Fit - female bodybuilder and so much more! Ever watch The View? The talk? Yeah, we make them look like amateurs. Join in. 

Technical difficulties postponed planned interview w/Mary Olson of NIRS. Japan announces "cold-shutdown" of Fukushima to world-wide derision as the lie it is; peer-reviewed medical journal article links 14,000 USA deaths to Fukushima radiation - infants hardest hit; further compromise of Building 4 at Fukushima endangering the spent fuel rods it contains; atomic radiation proven more harmful to women than men, according to NIRS.org briefing paper; French power giant EDF dropping out of building new Maryland nukes; Japanese hospitals refusing to see patients who are sick from radiation; mutant vegetables in Japanese harvest; cilantro (coriander) for heavy metal detox; and California Initiative petitions now available at: SanOnofreSafety.org.

Technical difficulties postponed planned interview w/Mary Olson of NIRS. Japan announces "cold-shutdown" of Fukushima to world-wide derision as the lie it is; peer-reviewed medical journal article links 14,000 USA deaths to Fukushima radiation - infants hardest hit; further compromise of Building 4 at Fukushima endangering the spent fuel rods it contains; atomic radiation proven more harmful to women than men, according to NIRS.org briefing paper; French power giant EDF dropping out of building new Maryland nukes; Japanese hospitals refusing to see patients who are sick from radiation; mutant vegetables in Japanese harvest; cilantro (coriander) for heavy metal detox; and California Initiative petitions now available at: SanOnofreSafety.org.