. >> this week on the camino gators we want to introduce you to daniel weitzner with the massachusetts institute of technology and founding director of the internet policy research initiative and is a research scientist with the artificial intelligence lab there. professor weitzner, what exactly do you do? >> guest: excellent question, peter. what i do is so, to begin with i should say i'm trained as a lawyer originally and i've been at mit for more than 20 years and i've always worked with an extraordinary group of computer scientists and my research in all that time has always been in the computer science literature but what i'm most interested in is number one how to help policymakers to make good decisions about technology policy and involves understanding the details of how computer systems and network systems work and probably more important they i am interested in how to evolve our computing technology so that it's more responsive to public policy needs. i've been able to do that because i've worked with and continue to work with an extraordinary group of computer scientists and

. >> tonight on the communicators mit research scientist daniel weitzner on security and privacy issues with artificial intelligence. >> the problem they're trying to regulate encryption is a quick fix, it might feel good but it's not really going to help, the concerted criminal activity is always going to find ways to hide their communication one way or another and this leaves all the rest of us more vulnerable state, i am concerned that policymakers really should look at the whole picture when they're making this choice. >> mit research scientist daniel weitzner tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> weeknights this month we are featuring book tv programs as a preview of what's available every week and on c-span2, tonight it's a look at presidential history, first susan eisenhower examines her grandfather dwight eisenhower's leadership style and the important decisions he made during his presidency. and former second lady lynn cheney chronicles the leadership of the war of the five presidents who hail from the state of virginia, washington, jefferson, madison

. >> tonight on the communicators mit research scientist daniel weitzner on security and privacy issues on artificial intelligence. >> the trying to regulate encryption is a quick fix and it might feel good but is not really going to help because a concerted criminal activity is always going to find ways to hide their communication one way or another and it'll leave all the rest of us in a more vulnerable state, so i'm concerned that policymakers really should look at the whole picture when they're making this choice. >> mit research scientist daniel weitzner tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> weeknights this month refuting book tv programs is a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span2 and tonight it's a look at presidential history, first susan eisenhower examines her grandfather dwight eisenhower's leadership style and the important decisions during his presidency. and then former second lady lynn cheney chronicles the leadership of four of the five presidents who hailed from the state of virginia, washington, jefferson, madison and monroe, la

. >> mit research scientist daniel weitzner tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> weeknights this month we're featuring booktv programs as a preview of what's available at the weekend on c-span2, and tonight it's a look at presidential history. enjoy booktv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors. c-span2, created by america's cable-television companies as a public service and brought you today by your television provider. >> tomorrow is election day eley november 3. stay with us to learn who the voters selected lead the country as president and which parties will control congress. our live coverage starts at 9 p.m. eastern and continues through the "washington journal" at 7 a.m. eastern. join the conversation, share your experiences as the results come in and hear from the candidates. watch live on c-span and c-span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. election night on c-span, your place for an unfiltered view of po

. >> host: daniel weitzner of mit and kyle daly of axios. gentlemen, thank you for being on "the communicators." >> guest: thank you, peter. thanks, kyle. >> you are watching c-span2, or unfiltered view of government. created by america's cable-television companies as a public service and brought you today television provider. >> we are so excited to host the incomparable jane fonda for new book on the climate crisis but before we we go to the screen i like to first introduced annie leonard, executive director of greenpeace usa. she put integral role in helping to organize a nonprofit and was one of the inspirations behind this book. we will bring annie at first and then we welcome jane and amber. >> it's so wonderful to be here. i a

. >> mit research scientist daniel weitzner tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" c-span2. >> weeknights this month we're featuring booktv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span2 c-spat it's a look at presidential history. enjoy booktv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> weeknights this month we're featuring booktv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span2. enjoy booktv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors. c-span2, created by america's cable-television companies as a public service i brought you today by your television provider.

today by your television provider. >> this week on the camino gators we want to introduce you to daniel weitznerchusetts institute of technology and founding director of the internet policy research initiative and is a research scientist with the artificial intelligence lab there. professor weitzner, what exactly do you do? >> guest: excellent question, peter. what i do is so, to begin with i should say i'm trained as a lawyer originally and i've been at mit for more than 20 years and i've always worked with

. >> mit research scientist daniel weitzner tonight at 8 p.m.eastern on "the communicators," on c-span2. >> weeknights this month we're featuring booktv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span2. tonight it's a look at presidential history. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2, every weekend with the latest nonfiction books and authors. c-span2, created by america's cable-television companies as the public service and brought you today by your television provider. >> tomorrow is election day november 3 here to stay with us to learn who the voters selectively the country as president and which parties will control congress. our live coverage of election night starts at 9 p.m. eastern and continues through the "washington journal" at 7 a.m. eastern. join the conversation, share your experiences as the results come in and hear from the candidates. watch live on c-span and c-span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. election night on c-span, your place for for an filter view of politics. >> hey everyone, jeff martin