In our most ambitious podcast ever, episode 53 digs deep into our psyche and the mysteries surrounding the pros and cons of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and big data.  Steve Garrity (@stgarrity), Ben Henry (@bjhenry), and Julia Winder (@juliawinder) join Eli and I in an after hours discussion on the pros and cons of tech advancement for humanity.  We hope you'll enjoy this thought provoking journey that hopes to answer the question: is your computer trying to kill you?

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Links from Show

The Turing Test - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test

Singularity: King pays with grain of rice, and doubled with each square on chess board- http://www.singularitysymposium.com/exponential-growth.html

(Handwriting Article) The AI Revolution: Our Immortality or Extinction Article-

Part I http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html      

Part II http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-2.html

Ray Kurtzwhile “Singularity is Near” A benign outcome - to immortality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near

Google advertising job postings- Less Likely to Show Women High Paying Job Ads http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/sexist-search-results-google-less-likely-to-show-women-high-paying-job-ads-than-men/

My Tivo thinks I’m gay  http://www.planetdan.net/blog/tivo.html

Benedict Evans - Tweet (SXSX photo) https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/562320316412608513

Work Knowledge Drive- Distribution (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb

Robots and AI Invade Banking http://thefinancialbrand.com/52735/robots-artificial-intelligence-ai-banking/

Why Techo-Optimism is Dangerous http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-agar/techno-optimism-dangerous_b_7746682.html

Robot Kills Man in Volkswagen Plant in Germany http://mashable.com/2015/07/02/volkswagen-robot-germany/

Hitchhiking Robot Decapitated in Philadelphia http://mashable.com/2015/08/01/hitchbot-destroyed/

In episode 52, Matt Fronczke, Director of Product Consulting at Kasina joins us to discuss how technology is evolving in the B2B world of financial services and his role in leading many of the firm's consulting engagements and developing new and innovative products and product related research for their clients.   In our discussion we explore how big data is changing the face of the industry and the evolving role of the digital advisor. Follow @KasinaUS on Twitter.

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As we celebrate our half yearly company kickoff, we invite Dan England to share some insight as to how marketing and sales operations works at Hearsay Social. Dan is a certified salesforce administrator with over 10 years experience.

This show was recorded the week that the Supreme Court validated marriage equality across the US. Dan recently married his partner Tim and he talks about the impact of this decision for LGBT people in the workplace.

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Joining us to celebrate our 50th episode, we invite Michael Lock to share his thoughts and observations on the evolution of technology in the enterprise, and how today’s mobile consumer is challenging the financial services industry to remain competitive and relevant in the digital age.  

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In episode 49, we replay the highlights of the "Boosting Your Financial Marketing Efforts Using Facebook Promoted Posts" Webinar from June 11, 2015. 

In the webinar, Thrivent Financial’s Marketing Experts, Kyle Marie Woods (@kylemarie) and Quinn Gorski (@qgorski), and Facebook’s US Industry Lead, Brad Auerbach share how to use Facebook promoted posts to increase engagement and amplify reach with real examples from the field. 

For more information on the webinar visit our blog post with the embedded replay of the entire webinar.

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We’ve heard a lot about FinTech, what about InsureTech? In episode 48 we interview Gregory Bailey (@gbaileyco), Partner at Insure.VC and long time industry thought leader on the changes we are seeing today in mobile, social and wearable tech as well as big data in the ongoing evolution of technology in the insurance space.

Gregory will be a speaker at the LIMRA Social Media Conference for Financial Services in our hometown of San Francisco this August.  We hope to see you there.

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In episode 47 we sit down for a lively conversation with Ben Henry (@bjhenry) Director of Engineering at Hearsay Social.  In our discussion we explore his interesting and entertaining journey to Engineering from the shores of Santa Cruz, through an early start in literature, and his experiences as a professional poker player. A fun show with a heart of gold and plenty of laughs. 

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In episode 46 we invite Sanjiv Baxi (@sanjivbaxi), Manager of Strategic Alliances to talk about the seven key takeaways from the Digital Marketing for Financial Services Summit in Toronto. In our discussion we explore how consumer driven expectations for simplicity are changing the financial services experience, and the impact on mobile, social and digital tools.

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In episode 45, we review highlights and themes of the 3rd Annual Social Business Innovation Summit (#SBIS15), that brought together key thought leaders in financial services and Silicon Valley. Host Victor Gaxiola (@VictorGaxiola) is joined by Customer Success Executives Divya Gupta (@Divya_Gupta), and Jenny Wiens (@JWiens45) as well as Product Marketing Manager, Alissa Dos Santos (@AlissaDosSantos) to talk about our collective observations  of the event as well as customer reactions to the speakers and concepts presented.

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In episode 44 we visit Janney Montgomery Scott (@Janney1832) in Philadelphia and interview Chris Johnson (@CJohnson_Janney), Private Client Group Marketing Consultant, and JP Cummins, Financial Advisor.  In our conversation we explore how Janney is embracing digital technology and empowering advisors like JP to connect with clients, share content, and extend thought leadership via the Hearsay Social solution. 

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Victor