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Taylor Swift, the NFL, and…AI Regulation?
Taylor Swift might singlehandedly be the reason we finally get some meaningful regulation on aritificial intelligence.
I’ve been a fan of Taylor Swift since I was probably 9 years old.
At the risk of sounding cliche, she truly was the soundtrack to my youth. Her music was there when I got my heart broken. I still remember lying there late at night listening to Enchanted, with butterflies in my stomach after the literal boy next door I had a crush on kissed me on the cheek in front of our friends. Music has always been such a key piece of my core memories, and for a lot of women and girls, Taylor Swift has been a massive part of that.
Well, unless you don’t watch television or scroll through social media at all, you’re probably aware that Swift is dating the Kansas City Chief tight end Travis Kelce. Of course, much to the chagrin of — in her words — the “Dad’s, Brad’s, and Chad’s” who cannot stand the fact that she is on their television screen during a football game, the NFL has not shied away from using her to get more eyes on the game.
I am not exaggerating when I say that I had over 750 men in my Twitter mentions, calling me every vile word in the book they could think of for three days straight because I dared to…