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Will artificial intelligence change democratic capitalism?

How might new uses of artificial intelligence (AI) affect democratic institutions and capitalist economic structures in the short and long term? Michael Lenox, professor of business administration at the UVA Darden School of Business and academic director of the Miller Center's Project on Democracy and Capitalism, and Philip Bourne, dean of the UVA School of Data Science, discuss the potentially transformative effects of AI on democratic capitalism.

Michael Lenox

Nationwide test of Wireless Emergency Alert system could test people’s patience – or help rebuild public trust in the system

The Wireless Emergency Alert system is scheduled to have its third nationwide test on Oct. 4, 2023. The Wireless Emergency Alert system is a public safety system that allows authorities to alert people via their mobile devices of dangerous weather, missing children and other situations requiring public attention.

Elizabeth Ellcessor

If You Have a Book, You’ll Never Be Alone

Eric and Eliot take a break from the depressing flow of international news and talk about books. They discuss their favorite bookstores, favorite historical memoirs, books that influenced them, cherished but unread books, greatest works of history, what they are reading now and what is sitting in their night side table waiting to be read.

Eric Edelman

The Presidency

Who Can Embarrass a President More Than Family? No One

Joe Biden is not the only U.S. president to suffer at the hands of his family.

Bryan McKenzie

UVA Today

Biden’s ‘low-drama’ green Cabinet is sticking around

“Biden just generally is very low drama,” said Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution who studies turnover in presidential administrations. That applies both to turnover in his Cabinet as well as other senior positions that don’t require Senate confirmation. “You don’t hear much about when people are leaving. And when you do, there’s always a successor lined up, so it seems like they knew this departure was planned."

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Miller Center Hosts Panel on the Future of Affirmative Action

After Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, race-conscious diversity-initiatives in undergraduate admissions were drastically curtailed. To explain the Supreme Court’s prior jurisprudence and the impact of SFFA, the Miller Center at the University of Virginia hosted a panel discussion titled, The evolution of affirmative action—and its uncertain future, on Friday, September 15.

Barbara Perry, Kevin Gaines, and Kimberly J. Robinson