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Can AI Predict Violence?

Season 2026 Episode 4 | 2m 52s

In a hypothetical scenario, civic leaders are offered an experimental AI tool that promises to identify individuals most likely to spark violence at an upcoming protest. Should they use it? The debate pits security against privacy and civil liberties, raising urgent questions about bias, trust, surveillance, and how much power society should give AI.

Funding for this program was provided in part by grants from The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation and by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation and by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Location furnished by The New York Historical.
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