Riedman Report: Risk, AI, Education, & Security
David Riedman, PhD, Colin WoodardAnalyzing and preventing school shootings, mass shootings, extremism, terrorism, and systemic gun violence are not separate domains. They all sit at the intersection of understanding risk, security, education, and technology/artificial intelligence (AI).
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Data scientist (PhD in AI/LLMs) and creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database. Interviewed by more than 1,000 media outlets including Freakonomics Radio, New England Journal of Medicine, New York Times, and Washington Post.
NYT bestselling historian and scholar of US regionalism, the sociology of US nationhood, and how our colonial past shapes and explains the present. Author of American Nations, Union, American Character, Nations Apart and other books.
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