Human v Robot

By Human v Robot

A weekly discussion about the intersection of humanity and technology in our lives.... more

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The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.

Human v Robot episodes:

July 28, 2023EP24 - Parasocial Relationships
Today we talk about Parasocial Relationships, which are asymmetric relationships between media figures and their fans.

Links:
AI: Is it Out of Control?

What (p)doom is.

The Influence of the Kardashian-Jenners on Fourth Wave Feminism Through Digital Media Platforms

Parasocial Relationships: The Nature of Celebrity Fascinations

Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on the Deeper Meanings of Friendship, Love, and Heartbreak

Best C-Clamp? Let's Settle This! $4 vs 252, Wilton, Yost, Irwin, Wright Tool, Harden, WEN, Proto

TikTok Creator Fund

Podcast 74 - 1.5-Sided Parasocial Relationships | The Psychology of Video Games
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41min
June 28, 2023EP23 - The Future of Human-Computer Interaction
From touchscreens to voice commands to immersive VR - what's next for Human-Computer Interaction?

Links:
238 | Scott Shapiro on the Technology and Philosophy of Hacking - Sean Carroll

Risk of Extinction from AI

The Mother of All Demos

Animagraffs

The Sci-Fi interfaces of Wall•E

Visions of the Internet in 2035
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50min
June 14, 2023EP22 - Deepfakes
With the rise of Deepfake technology - can we trust anything anymore?

Links:
Making Beer: Human v robot

Algorithm free social app

The Gray Area - Vox

Deepfakes, explained | MIT Sloan

Applications and Risks of Deepfake Technology

How Deepfake Technology Can Change The Movie Industry

Midjourney Kills Free AI Image Generator Access After Explosion of Deep Fakes - Decrypt

People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes. The courts are not amused

Rep. Joe Morell introduces legislation to ban non-consensual AI deepfakes - UPI.com

Top Google Result for "Edward Hopper" an AI-Generated Fake
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44min
May 31, 2023EP21 - Algorithms
We dig into what Algorithms actually are, with tangents into why we should care about technical literacy.

Links:
CBC News: The House | Live Radio | CBC Listen

Hugging Face

Digital Literacy Archives - Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship

Brookfield Institute: The State Of Digital Literacy In Canada

Algorithms in a Nutshell [Book]

Markov Chains | Brilliant Math & Science Wiki

Markov chain - Wikipedia

How Google autocomplete predictions work - Google Search Help

Get word suggestions & fix mistakes - Android - Gboard Help

Use Smart Compose and Smart Reply - Google Docs Editors Help

WaveFunctionCollapse/README.md

Khan Academy - What is an algorithm and why should you care?

We can build better, fairer algorithms in a world of angry bias - so why aren’t we?
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48min
May 10, 2023EP20 - Autonomous Drones
What’s going on with drones? It seems like they were poised to take over every aspect of our lives just a few years ago, and we haven’t heard much about them recently.

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ChatGPT invented a sexual harassment scandal and named a real law prof as the accused

Google C.E.O. Sundar Pichai on Bard, A.I. ‘Whiplash’ and Competing With ChatGPT - The New York Times

ChatGPT Parrot Joke Transcript

ChatGPT-powered Furby reveals plans for 'complete domination over humanity'

Amazon's Drone Delivery Dream Is Crashing | WIRED

Spot® - The Agile Mobile Robot | Boston Dynamics

Transport Canada Approves Autonomous Drones For Beyond Visual Line Of Site Monitoring

Airbus takes first steps towards 'swarming drones' concept - CONTACT magazine

Drone-on-Drone Combat in Ukraine Marks a New Era of Aerial Warfare - Scientific American
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43min
April 12, 2023EP19 - Intuition
Is it possible for AI to have intuition in the same way that humans do? How do we even know what human intuition is, and is it actually that useful?

Links:
Meeting Owl 3: 360° Video Conferencing Camera, Mic, and Speaker

Bing’s Chatbot Declares its Love and Elon Musk Rewrites the Twitter Algorithm - The New York Times

Association for Psychological Science: Intuition - It’s More Than a Feeling

Can We Rely on Our Intuition? - Scientific American

8 Truths About Intuition | Psychology Today Canada

Forbes: AI Won’t Replace Human Intuition

Artificial Intuition: The Improbable Deep Learning Revolution Paperback — Jan. 15 2018
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39min
March 28, 2023EP18 - Cyborgs
Are Cyborgs coming in the near future? Are we already Cyborgs? What is the current state of augmenting our physical and intellectual capabilities?

Links:
Multimodal Large Language Models

Marc Andreessen: We’re heading into a world where a flat-screen TV that covers your entire wall costs $100 and a 4-year degree costs $1M | Fortune

The tech behind Artifact, the newly launched news aggregator from Instagram’s co-founders | TechCrunch

Towards a cyborg future: Study reveals support for human enhancement

Cyborgs: The truth about human augmentation - BBC Future

Automation and cyborg law: To what extent do we “borrow” from machines? | McKinsey & Company

Our Cyborg Future: Law and Policy Implications
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52min
January 26, 2023EP16 - Reciprocity in AI
How we interact with machines and how is that different from how we interact with humans?

Links:
Hard Fork Podcast: ChatGPT Transforms a Classroom and Is ‘M3GAN’ Real?

Dear Hank & John: About | WNYC Studios | Podcasts (Episode 358)

The Atlantic: How AI Will Rewire Us

Do you swear at Alexa? What our treatment of AI assistants says about humans | CBC Radio

ResearchGate - Stakeholders, Reciprocity, and Firm Performance - April 2009

ScienceDirect - Journal of Business Research - In consilium apparatus: Artificial intelligence, stakeholder reciprocity, and firm performance

Amazon.com: Algorithmic Intimacy: The Digital Revolution in Personal Relationships
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46min
January 14, 2023EP15 - Will robots take my job?
The current AI boom has made us want to revisit and think more about what kind of jobs are at risk of automation or AI replacement? Should we be worried or will new types of jobs outpace the jobs that are becoming obsolete?

Links:
Washington Post’s In and Out for 2023

Holiday Message 2022 | Thinking Really Slowly - Sean Carroll

Will Web Developers be replaced by AI & Robots?

Job Automation Risks in 2023: How Robots Affect Employment

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means and how to respond | World Economic Forum

Fourth Industrial Revolution - Components - Wikipedia
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44min
December 23, 2022EP14 - Internet Of Things(IoT)
Today we talk about the internet of things: how has changed it changed our lives and what changes are on the horizon?

Links:
Cortex #136: 2023 Yearly Themes

K-pop: The rise of the virtual girl bands

NordicIT - How Internet of Things impact our everyday life

Wikipedia - Stuxnet

Entrepreneur - Why It’s Too Early To Write Off The Internet of Things

Realagriculture - Low bandwidth slows adoption of Internet-of-things on farm
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44min

FAQs about Human v Robot:

How many episodes does Human v Robot have?

The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.