Roboism

By Relay

Roboism is a show mostly about robots. We are exploring how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital assistants are affecting our culture. Come explore the humanity behind the bots that ... more

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How many episodes does Roboism have?

The podcast currently has 71 episodes available.

Roboism episodes:

December 20, 2022 61: The Human Version of Ninja Turtles
Kathy and Alex share their squishy thoughts about the viral sensation of AI avatars, independent art, open-source software, and the late great turtles.
Links and Show Notes:
CREDITS
* Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
* Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
* The Suits: Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley
* Co-Host: Kathy Campbell
* Co-Host: Alex Cox
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Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership UPDATE ON THE KILL BOTS! San Francisco supervisors bar police robots from using deadly force for now : NPR Lensa AI and ‘Magic Avatars’: What to Know Before Using the App | WIRED Stable Diffusion Invasive Diffusion: How one unwilling illustrator found herself turned into an AI model - Waxy.org Stable Diffusion and AI generated art is absolutely wild in every way – A Whole Lotta Nothing Yours Truly, Through the Eyes of Stable Diffusion – 512 Pixels For Trans Women Like Me, Facetune Is a Way to See Our Real Selves AI image app Lensa helps some trans people to embrace themselves | Reuters
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55min
August 24, 2022 60: Children Need to Be Warned
Alex and Kathy discuss broken fingers, folding, and a fictosexual man in love with a hologram.
Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent | Chess | The Guardian DeepMind uncovers structure of 200m proteins in scientific leap forward | The Guardian PCalc by James Thompson James Thomson (@jamesthomson) / Twitter DeepMind uncovers structure of 200m proteins in scientific leap forward | DeepMind | The Guardian Folding@home - Wikipedia Front Page - Folding@home Roboism 3: Vocaloids! But with Pants Next Time — Roboism — Overcast Hatsune Miku - Wikipedia VOCALOID – the modern singing synthesizer New York Post–'Fictosexual' man married hologram bride, now struggles to bond Hatsune Miku on David Letterman - YouTube
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54min
July 08, 2022 59: Click Bight
Alex and Kathy might want robots to have rights and bodily autonomy, but it would be nice if humans had it as well.
Links and Show Notes:
CREDITS
* Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
* Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
* The Suits: Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley
* Co-Host: Kathy Campbell
* Co-Host: Alex Cox
Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Send Kathy pictures of cute pets here! Midwest Access Coalition | Midwest Access Coalition Google engineer Blake Lemoine thinks its LaMDA AI has come to life - The Washington Post Google Insider Claims Company's "Sentient" AI Has Hired an Attorney National Network of Abortion Funds Google AI Chatbot Interview Transcript: What Did LaMDA Say to Blake Lemoine? - Bloomberg Transcript of Conversation With "Sentient" AI Was Heavily Edited Blake Lemoine Says Google's LaMDA AI Faces 'Bigotry' | WIRED Bicentennial Man (film) - Wikipedia Elon Musk at SXSW: A.I. is more dangerous than nuclear weapons Westworld | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com CARROT Weather for iOS and Android Why Do We Sleep? - Scientific American Blog Network Magnetic implant - Wikipedia US women are being jailed for having miscarriages - BBC News PLAN C: Learn to access at-home abortion pill options online We’re Not Going Back to the Time Before Roe v. Wade. We’re Going Somewhere Worse | The New Yorker Explainer: How abortion became a divisive issue in U.S. politics | Reuters The Ministry for the Future: Robinson, Kim Stanley The Midnight Library: Haig, Matt Conduit #26: The Content Dragon Appears! 💙🐉 - Relay FM Pictorial #39: Cyberfeminism - Relay FM
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54min
June 01, 2022 58: I Want the Chicken Nuggets
Alex and Kathy are convinced robots aren't coming to take our jobs...but they SHOULD be.
Links and Show Notes:
CREDITS
* Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
* Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
* The Suits: Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley
* Co-Host: Kathy Campbell
* Co-Host: Alex Cox
Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Join the Relay FM Discord! The Problem with Blaming Robots for Taking Our Jobs | The New Yorker Automation and the Future of Work: Benanav, Aaron Apple Self Service Repair: Is this the end of iFixit?! - YouTube Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor: Kelly, Kim Apple Service Programs - Apple Support The Rose Code: A Novel: Quinn, Kate The Devil Wears Prada Lumpy Blue Sweater Clip - YouTube Conduit #11: HUUUUUUUGE Opportunities For You - Relay FM Hi, I'm Alex Cox. Alex Cox is creating the FACTORYSETTING5 show. | Patreon
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42min
May 12, 2022 57: Monday Morning Political Consultant
Alex and Kathy discuss the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the necessary access to the technology for safe abortions.
Links and Show Notes:
CREDITS
* Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
* Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
* The Suits: Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley
* Co-Host: Kathy Campbell
* Co-Host: Alex Cox
Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Roe v. Wade - Wikipedia The Leaked Draft | What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law Learn to access at-home abortion pill options online | PLAN C National Network of Abortion Funds I Need an Abortion What are the different types of abortion? Read Justice Alito's initial draft abortion opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade - POLITICO Obergefell v. Hodges - Wikipedia How period tracking apps and data privacy fit into a post-Roe v. Wade climate - NPR
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If Abortion Is Illegal, Will Every Miscarriage Be a Potential Crime? – Mother Jones Membership - Relay FM
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1h 3min
April 28, 2022 56: Elongated Muskrat
Webster's dictionary defines "muskrat" as "an aquatic rodent of the U.S. and Canada with a long scaly laterally compressed tail, webbed hind feet, dark glossy brown fur and Twitter's supreme agent of chaos.
Links and Show Notes:
CREDITS
* Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
* Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
* The Suits: Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley
* Co-Host: Kathy Campbell
* Co-Host: Alex Cox
Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Roboism #1: A Beautiful Smoosh Bot - Relay FM A Good Musk Jack Dorsey's Stay Woke Shirt Is Horrible The Story of Twitter's Fail Whale - The Atlantic How the Elon Musk deal to buy Twitter might fall apart - The Washington Post Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future: Vance, Ashlee Liftoff - Relay FM Black Creators On TikTok Say Their Accounts Are Being Banned TikTok admits it suppressed videos by disabled, queer, and fat creators. Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits The Wheel of Time Podcast - Dragonmount.com Conduit - Relay FM Alex Cox is creating the FACTORYSETTING5 show. | Patreon
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58min
April 15, 2022 55: Tech Isn't Forgiving
Alex and Kathy go on Display.
Links and Show Notes:
CREDITS
* Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
* Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
* The Suits: Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley
* Co-Host: Kathy Campbell
* Co-Host: Alex Cox
Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Why the Black MacBook Cost More – 512 Pixels The Black MacBook: Apple's Coolest Notebook - YouTube Alex Cox is an indie podcaster and internet person who needs money. | Patreon Studio Display - Apple ATP 478: No Bum Cores — Accidental Tech Podcast Black Mirror: What The Show's Ominous Title Really Means Echo Smart Speakers & Displays: Amazon Devices & Accessories: Smart Speakers, Smart Displays & More All My Vices are Devices Shirt by Jeph Jacques – TopatoCo Apple Studio Display Review: A welcome return – Six Colors Echo Studio - Billie Eilish Limited Edition Use Center Stage on your iPad or Studio Display Mac Studio Teardown | iFixit News Apple Studio Display tested — is the camera that bad? | Tom's Guide Descript | All-in-one audio/video editing, as easy as a doc. Secure Enclave - Apple Support Automation April: 2022 Etsy Strike - We're striking to protest the April 11 Fee Increase Etsy Strike Etsy sellers will go on strike in April and want customers to boycott - The Verge Two Headed Girl Conduit - Relay FM
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57min
March 31, 2022 54: Titanic Salads
Alex and Kathy discuss why the TikTok bots continue to be in the midst of a period panic.
Links and Show Notes:
CREDITS
* Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
* Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
* The Suits: Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley
* Co-Host: Kathy Campbell
* Co-Host: Alex Cox
Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership TikTok thinks periods are icky - Input 'What Does Seggs Mean?' The Rise of Sex Euphemisms on Social Media - Vice The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror V: A Chorus Line - YouTube FOSTA-SESTA, a law intended to curb sex trafficking, threatens the internet’s future - Vox Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act | Electronic Frontier Foundation The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America - The Verge Matter Readwise John Green (@literallyjohngreen) Official TikTok The Professional's Guide to Audio Podcast Production | by Jim Metzendorf Jim Metzendorf (@jmetzendorf) / Twitter Conduit #19: Eating the Devil’s Spaghetti: Combating Imposter Syndrome - Relay FM Friends in Your Ears - a podcast from The Incomparable Do By Friday The Overcast Redesign: Part One – Marco.org
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1h 1min
March 18, 2022 53: Finger Dancing
Alex introduces intriguing new inputs as Kathy tears through a typing test.
Links and Show Notes:
CREDITS
* Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
* Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
* The Suits: Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley
* Co-Host: Kathy Campbell
* Co-Host: Alex Cox
Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing - Wikipedia Typing Test Monkeytype How to use Auto-Correction and predictive text on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support CharaChorder 420 WPM at 69% This Keyboard Lets People Type So Fast It’s Banned From Typing Competitions QWERTY - Wikipedia Dvorak keyboard layout - Wikipedia What Is an Ortholinear Keyboard, and Should You Use One? – Review Geek CharaChorder Lite - Pre-Order | CharaChorder I Met Magic Leap's AI Assistant Mica & Saw the Future of Augmented Reality « Magic Leap - Next Reality The Theme System Tap Strap 2 - Wearable Keyboard, Mouse & Air Gesture Controller Peer Reviewed from Matt VanOrmer Minority Report 's gesture-based user interface - YouTube Apple's multitouch lawsuit is both dumb and dangerous. - Slate Siri gets a new voice in iOS 15.4 beta - The Verge Xbox Adaptive Controller | Xbox Gaming for Everyone: 6 Accessible Gaming Devices | PCMag Make Do - Relay FM Introducing the TIRE Method - Jay Miller Conduit - Relay FM Hi, I'm Alex Cox.
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57min
February 03, 2022 52: Not Bruno
Kathy and Alex are so here for Robot birds and British cyborgs, but they do NOT talk about Bruno.
Links and Show Notes:
CREDITS
* Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
* Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
* The Suits: Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley
* Co-Host: Kathy Campbell
* Co-Host: Alex Cox
Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Smart drone technology will help protect birds from industrial hazards | Folio We Don't Talk About Bruno (From "Encanto") - YouTube Peter Scott-Morgan - Wikipedia Scott Morgan Foundation | Home Peter 2.0 After ALS struck, he became the world's most advanced cyborg Dr Peter B Scott-Morgan (@DrScottMorgan) / Twitter Learning to Thrive - Peter 2.0 | Acast Voice Banking: What to Know Neuralink Replika Conduit - Relay FM Do By Friday Do By Friday a podcast | Patreon
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59min

FAQs about Roboism:

How many episodes does Roboism have?

The podcast currently has 71 episodes available.