Les Sinclair speaks with Samantha Cole, part of the speaker lineup for the Nov 8th TEDxCharlottesville event. Samantha Cole is a Brooklyn-based journalist at Motherboard, Vice’s science and technology outlet. She covers the farthest corners of the World Wide Web, including dystopian AI applications, sex workers’ rights, questionable gadgets, and YouTube feuds. Most notably, Sam broke the news of deepfakes, the algorithmically-generated porn program that became a global controversy. More at https://tedxcharlottesville.com/