# American Algorithm

> The crossroads of artificial intelligence, culture, politics, and law in America. American Algorithm is an interview program about how artificial intelligence is changing American culture, politics and law. Each episode is a conversation with a guest.

- Name: American Algorithm
- Tagline: The crossroads of artificial intelligence, culture, politics, and law in America.
- Format: an interview program on artificial intelligence, culture, politics and law
- Hosts: Shane Blanton, Mike Frascogna III, Jason Dean
- Presented by: MC School of Law (Mississippi Christian University School of Law) and its Center for AI Policy and Technology Leadership
- Center: Center for AI Policy and Technology Leadership (CAPTL): An interdisciplinary initiative between the university’s School of Law and School of Business. Responsible and innovative applications of artificial intelligence.
- Episodes: Trailer: A First Look at American Algorithm, available now; Pilot: Chip Pickering on China, Data Centers and America's Race to Build (Chip Pickering with Jason Dean and MC Law Dean John Anderson), available now; Episode 1: I Still Do Not Trust It: Building a Law Firm on AI (James "Bud" Sheppard with Shane Blanton), available now; Episode 2: What Is a Super Agent? The Next Step Past Chatbots (Mike Frascogna III with Shane Blanton), available now.
- Platforms: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@American_Algorithm; Instagram https://www.instagram.com/american_algorithmai/; TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@american.algorithm

## Pages
- [About](https://americanalgorithm.com/about/): What the program is, who hosts it and answers to common questions
- [Episodes](https://americanalgorithm.com/episodes/): Every episode with the video, the people in it and a summary
- [Trailer: A First Look at American Algorithm](https://americanalgorithm.com/episodes/trailer/): A first look at American Algorithm. The crossroads of artificial intelligence, culture, politics, and law in America. Presented by MC School of Law and its Center for AI Policy and Technology Leadership.
- [Pilot: Chip Pickering on China, Data Centers and America's Race to Build](https://americanalgorithm.com/episodes/chip-pickering/): The race to build AI infrastructure runs on energy, data centers, fiber and small modular reactors. Former Congressman Chip Pickering, CEO of INCOMPAS, joins Jason Dean and MC Law Dean John Anderson to explain why, and what the legacy of the 1996 Telecom Act means for the build-out.
- [Episode 1: I Still Do Not Trust It: Building a Law Firm on AI](https://americanalgorithm.com/episodes/bud-sheppard/): Bud Sheppard, an MC School of Law graduate and the founder of Sheppard Law Firm, runs his firm with 200 AI agents working at once, and he still checks everything. He sits down with Shane Blanton to discuss keeping the attorney in the loop, clients who check their attorneys with ChatGPT, what AI means for billable hours, and why Shane argues for local computing power.
- [Episode 2: What Is a Super Agent? The Next Step Past Chatbots](https://americanalgorithm.com/episodes/super-agents/): A regular AI agent completes the task and waits. A super agent keeps going and looks for the next step. Mike Frascogna talks with Shane Blanton about the four pillars DeepSeek uses to describe a super agent, where the human fits, and what this could mean for small teams and large law firms.
- [Hosts](https://americanalgorithm.com/hosts/): Biographies and relevance to each episode
- [Guests](https://americanalgorithm.com/guests/): Guests and the context for each conversation
- [Topics](https://americanalgorithm.com/topics/): Artificial intelligence, culture, politics and law
- [Watch](https://americanalgorithm.com/watch/): Platform availability
- [Presented by MC School of Law](https://americanalgorithm.com/presented-by/): The presenting institution

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