Empathetic Machines

Empathetic Machines

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Empathetic Machines episodes

  • Left to our own Devices, part 3
    This is an episode in our occasional series exploring devices and our relationships with them. Our guests reflect on devices, their lives, and a bit of history. Episode 12: A self-described nerdy pre-schooler shares her favorite devices. And a story for each.
    13 min
  • Back to Work at Two Storied US Institutions
    Our guests provide observations from back to school and back to work in the age of COVID.
    Ben Waterhouse, Associate Professor of History at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, shares some direct insight from the oldest public university in the US.
    Amber Sundell, Director of Marketing at the HQ of IBM, provides perspective from that storied company.
    This is one of our current events shows of a new offering for us. We look forward to any reactions you may have and thoughts you can share
    36 min
  • The Last Mile
    A critical look at the complexity of getting material from warehouses to our homes with Empathetic Machines community member, Ken Pace.
    36 min
  • Our TikTok Take: A Roundtable
    Our round table explores TikTok, current events, and the attention economy. While data is the new oil, attention is also a scarce resource. In the "attention economy" we'll be concerned with the ethics of data gathering.
    35 min
  • Who Are You? How Data Sovereignty Raises Our Blood Pressure
    Connecting a blood pressure cuff to a smart phone app launches the reading of an 11,000 word privacy and security document as well an an exploration of data sovereignty. With new Empathetic Machine member Martin Kienzle, a Senior Member of the IEEE who been instrumental in developing IoT strategies and solutions for some of the most innovative companies in the history of hi tech.
    34 min
  • Four Tech Moguls Virtually Walk into a Room- an Empathetic Machines News Brief
    “Welcome everyone to today's hearing on online platforms and market power, part six, examining the dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.” With these words, House Judiciary Subcommittee Chairman Rep. David Cicilline, (D-R.I.), gaveled to order a meeting that grilled the leaders of each of these tech titans.
    This is the first Empathetic Machines current events podcast. Our panel includes leaders of technology firms, business transformations, and disruptive digital products. They bring doses of reality to understanding the meeting.
    41 min
  • The Potential (Energy) of Battery Power
    Tech powers much what we experience in our lives and experiences now. But what powers tech? Joined by neXtCurve’s Leonard Lee, we being to explore big batteries. There’s an impact on power and environment.
    35 min

About Empathetic Machines

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This is a podcast about a sort of “enchantment” we’re under– the technology watches and enables the machines to have an impact on us. For each episode we'll explore a hypothesis from multiple angles including what’s ethical, where are the lines, and how to handle increasingly fuzzy boundaries. Do we expect too much of our technology? Do we care or even understand what we’re trading away?