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#   The Complicated Interplay: AI and Government 

 





Episode Fourty-Three

 

June 26, 2023

 

 

 [ Betsy Gardner ](/betsy-gardner) 

- June 26, 2023
- [Artificial Intelligence](/artificial-intelligence)

 In this episode Professor Goldsmith interviews Professor Dan Huttenlocher, inaugural dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and expert on artificial intelligence and computer science. They discuss the different ways that generative AI could be used by governments, in service of constituents, and what kinds of operational standards are required for the productive and safe use of AI technologies.

 Listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts, to learn about artificial intelligence, use cases for generative AI, and balancing the human with the digital in a bureaucracy. [Transcript available here](https://data-smart-city-pod.simplecast.com/episodes/the-complicated-interplay-ai-government/transcript).

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##  About the Author 

###  <a></a>Betsy Gardner   ![Headshot of Betsy Gardner](/sites/g/files/omnuum10826/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/2025-05/Betsy%20Headshot%20resize.jpg?itok=k2OsSp1g) 

 



 Betsy Gardner is the editor of Data-Smart City Solutions and the producer of the Data-Smart City Pod. Prior to this, Betsy worked in a variety of roles in higher education, focusing on deconstructing racial and gender inequality through research, writing, and facilitation. She also researched government spending and transparency at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Betsy holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Policy from Northeastern University, a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Boston University, and a graduate certificate in Digital Storytelling from the Harvard Extension School.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Artificial Intelligence ](/topics/artificial-intelligence)
- [ City Administration ](/topics/city-administration)
 
 

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