Could we ever hail a cab by looking at a camera on the street? Or ask a car to order takeout? Danyelle and Ricardo spoke with senior lecturer Dr. Alex Edsel about the possibility of living in a device-free world. 

(Clip from “Her” by Warner Bros. Pictures) 

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Dr. Alex Edsel 

https://jindal.utdallas.edu/faculty/alexander-edsel   

Naveen Jindal School of Management 

https://jindal.utdallas.edu/   

Trackable: Business in an IoT & Biometrics World 

https://books.google.com/books/about/Trackable.html?id=zRFUzQEACAAJ   

ACLU: Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress with Mugshots 

https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/amazons-face-recognition-falsely-matched-28   

US Census Bureau: 2020 Census Will Help Policymakers Prepare for the Incoming Wave of Aging Boomers 

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/12/by-2030-all-baby-boomers-will-be-age-65-or-older.html#:~:text=Baby%20boomers%20have%20changed%20the,estimated%20at%20about%2073%20million.   

Fast Company: In the AI era, Your Voice Could Give Away Your Face 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90357561/this-ai-guesses-human-faces-based-only-on-their-voices