With the start of February, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Black History Month, whether its observation as a momentary point of emphasis is helpful to society or not, and how picking fights over what history is taught, and how it is taught, can be a potent political tool (01:34).  The guys also take a look at OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot system ChatGPT and consider the implications of a system like this being able to communicate as well as humans in some respects (32:17).

Black History Month (History.com)

The Real Reason Florida Wants to Ban AP African-American Studies, According to an Architect of the Course (Time)

New rules are limiting how teachers can teach Black History Month (Axios)

Why the ChatGPT AI Chatbot Is Blowing Everyone’s Mind (CNET)

Who Owns Your ChatGPT Output? (Hint: Probably Not You) (Intellectual Property Pulse)