Woolley with us here tonight celebrating a very, very important new book. Its called the reality game how the next wave of technology will break the truth. It is from our friends at Public Affairs books. Dr. Woolley is a writer and researcher specializing in the study of a. I. , emergent technology, politics, persuasion and social media. He is an assistant professor in the school of journalism and Program Director for Computational Propaganda Research at the center for media engagement at the university of texas at austin. Professor woolley founded and directed the Digital Intelligence lab at the institute for the future which is a 50yearold think tank based in the heart of silicon valley. He also directed the Research Team at the computational propaganda project at the university of oxford. He has written on political manipulation of technology for a variety of publications including wired, the atlantic monthly, vice, tech crunch, the guardian and many, many others. His research has b
Research at the center for media engagement at the university of texas at austin. Professor wally founded and directed the Digital Intelligence lab at the institute for the future which is a 50yearold think tank based in the heart of silicon valley. Also cofounded and directed Research Team at the computational propaganda product at Oxford Internet institute at the university of oxnard. Hes written on political manipulations technology for a variety of publications including wired, the atlantic monthly, vice, techcrunch, the guardian and many others. His research has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, washington post, wall street journal and also made appearances on the today show. In frontline, is presented to members of nato, u. S. Congress and uk parliament. Its a great honor to have him here with us tonight during this incredible and important research. Give him a warm welcome. [applause] hi, everyone. Great to be here. I think my bio sounds kind of fake. Cra
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