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 79 episodes available.

Roboism episodes:

November 02, 2021 49: Cardigan Karens
Kathy comforts Alex as they share their concerns (dread) around The Seattle Delivery Company turning into The Seattle Surveillance Company.
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CREDITS
* Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
* Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
* The Suits: Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley
Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Here’s the deluge of announcements from Amazon’s fall devices event - The Verge HomePod mini - Apple DoorBot Pitch (Shark Tank Season 5 Episode 9) - YouTube Surveillance capitalism - Wikipedia Amazon.com: Ring Echo Show 10 Amazon Smart Thermostat Ring Always Home Cam, an Indoor Flying Camera | Ring Introducing Amazon Astro – Household Robot for Home Monitoring Amazon’s Astro home robot is like having Alexa on wheels - The Verge The Facebook Company Is Now Meta | Meta Alexa Guard Ring refuses to say how many users had video footage obtained by police | TechCrunch Police Ask for Your Video Doorbell Recordings FAQ - Consumer Reports Ring Changed How Police Request Door Camera Footage: What it Means and Doesn’t Mean | Electronic Frontier Foundation Apple delays plans to roll out CSAM detection in iOS 15 after privacy backlash | TechCrunch Furbo Dog Camera | Furbo Dog Camera - Treat-tossing Pet Camera with HD The Facebook Files, a Podcast Series - WSJ Material - Relay FM Membership - Relay FM Conduit - Relay FM FACTORYSETTING5
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1h 3min
September 22, 2021 48: Something Something Sherlock Joke
Alex and Kathy explore the media circus around Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, and black turtlenecks.
Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Relay FM for St. Jude 2021 Elizabeth Holmes: Rise and Fall of Theranos Founder Now on Trial Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes: Firing Back At Doubters | Mad Money | CNBC - YouTube The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley - Wikipedia Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup ‎Bad Blood: The Final Chapter on Apple Podcasts Exclusive: How Elizabeth Holmes’s House of Cards Came Tumbling Down | Vanity Fair Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes Goes On Trial On Fraud Charges : NPR ‎The Dropout by ABC News Uncanny Valley (memoir) - Wikipedia Silicon Valley (TV series) - Wikipedia Roboism (@roboismfm) / Twitter Kathy Campbell (She/Her) (@mrssoup) / Twitter AleXR CoXR (@AlexCox) / Twitter
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1h 2min
September 08, 2021 47: A Forklift That Can't Outrun Humans
Alex and Kathy watch in horror as exploitative capitalism is used to soothe a man's ego with an expensive mannequin.
Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Relay FM for St. Jude 2021 Elon Musk - Wikipedia Tesla, Inc. - Wikipedia SpaceX - Wikipedia The Boring Company - Wikipedia Neuralink - Wikipedia OpenAI - Wikipedia Billionaire - Wikipedia PayPal - Wikipedia Scroll to a Billion | aeiowu Greg Wohlwend - Wikipedia Here’s why Elon Musk’s robot is electrified neoliberalism | Van Badham | The Guardian Elon Musk Tesla Robot - What Can We Really Expect From Tesla Bot? Greendale Human Being | Community Wiki | Fandom Tesla bot: The 'friendly' humanoid robot Elon Musk is building - CNN Video Bicentennial Man (film) - Wikipedia Elon Musk REVEALS Tesla Bot (full presentation) - YouTube Blue Origin | Home Elon Musk decries UAW union, promises employees frozen yogurt and rollercoaster machine Six Colors – Apple, technology, and other stuff by Jason Snell & Dan Moren Small Fry: A Memoir by Lisa Brennan-Jobs | Goodreads Billionaire space race - Wikipedia AleXR CoXR (@AlexCox) / Twitter Alex Cox is creating the FACTORYSETTING5 show. | Patreon Kathy Campbell (She/Her) (@mrssoup) / Twitter Conduit - Relay FM Friends in Your Ears - a podcast from The Incomparable
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57min
August 25, 2021 46: Bipples
Kathy is building a VERY big smart robot, and Alex wants to help.
Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Take the Work Out of Laundry Folding - FoldiMate Your Apartment has No Ceiling Lights? Is That Weird? Let’s Find Out Virtual Wall® Lighthouse™ for Roomba® | iRobot Clueless (1995) - IMDb Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - IMDb Digital subscriber line - Wikipedia "That's a name I've not heard in a long time" - YouTube Smart light bulbs | Philips Hue Smart lightstrips | Philips Hue Switches | Philips Hue Smart Dimmer Switches | Philips Hue WiFi Smart Galaxy Projector Night Light Kathy's "Smart" House Amazon Wish List Kathy's Amazon Wish List Conduit - Relay FM Kathy Campbell (She/Her) (@mrssoup) / Twitter Alex Cox is creating the FACTORYSETTING5 show. | Patreon AleXR CoXR (@AlexCox) / Twitter Relay FM for St. Jude 2021
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59min
August 12, 2021 45: The Bathroom is Australian
A guest co-host comes to assess the smart home situation in the Cox family apartment.
Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Siri, Where can I hide a dead body? - YouTube Disney Channel Original Movie Smart House - Party Scene - YouTube Ubiquitous computing - Wikipedia Spatial computing - Wikipedia Roomba® Robot Vacuum Cleaners | iRobot® Automatic, Self-Cleaning Litter Box for Cats | Litter-Robot Take the Work Out of Laundry Folding - FoldiMate Masculinizing voice hormone therapy - Mayo Clinic Smart lighting | Philips Hue Twinkly Wemo WiFi Smart Plug for Alexa, Google, HomeKit iOS - Home - Apple HomeKit: The ultimate guide to Apple home automation | iMore How to create and use automations in Shortcuts on iPhone and iPad | iMore Kathy Campbell Alex Cox Mattie Cox Two Headed Girl Podcast
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33min
July 27, 2021 44: Woeboism
Alex flip flops on their opinion of therapy robots at least three times, and Kathy eloquently explains why the human brain is great, so it's important to take care of.
Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Woebot Health Talkspace BetterHelp | Professional Counseling With A Licensed Therapist Replika The story of Replika, the AI app that becomes you - YouTube Luka's Replika chatbot creates a digital representation of you the more you interact with it — Quartz He couldn’t get over his fiancee’s death. So he brought her back as an A.I. chatbot Conduit - Relay FM Hi, I'm Alex Cox. The Unicorn Sidekick Kathy Campbell (She/Her) (@mrssoup) / Twitter AleXR CoXR (@AlexCox) / Twitter
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58min
July 14, 2021 43: Beautiful Boston Bots
This week, Kathy takes Alex through a roller coaster of emotions involving an uncanny valley, dancing k-pop sensations, car company acquisitions, McDonald's marketing, and of course: economic -isms.
Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Blind React Video Boston Dynamics YouTube Channel All Together Now The Incomparable FACTORYSETTING5 | Patreon The Unicorn Sidekick
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41min
June 21, 2021 42: It's a Cesshole
Kathy brings a surprise bot topic to Alex, and soon they're down the rabbit hole of 3 sided shapes.
Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Alexandra - Wikipedia Do By Friday Top Four #72: Pop Tarts - Relay FM Instagram Bots - What They Are and Why You SHOULDN'T use them It's a reverse funnel system. | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - S09E04 Mac and Dennis Buy a Timeshare Visual Basic - Wikipedia Thoughts on Flash - Wikipedia Multi-level marketing - Wikipedia ‘The Dream’ Podcast Review: Is the Wellness Industry a Scam? The Social Dilemma - Wikipedia Tamagotchi - Wikipedia FACTORYSETTING5 | Patreon The Unicorn Sidekick
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54min
June 09, 2021 41: DubDubKay
Alex and Kathy give you the hard hitting, day old, exciting things about the WWDC Keynote.
Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership WWDC 2021 Parallel - Relay FM Alex Cox is creating the FACTORYSETTING5 show. | Patreon The Unicorn Sidekick
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51min
May 24, 2021 40: We Both Need to Shower
This week, Alex and Kathy almost have something positive to say about social networks.
Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated | CDC I'm Vaccinated Magnet — Dissent Pins Snap Has New Glasses, But You Might Have to Wait a Decade for Them - The New York Times From Spotify to Facebook, everyone's ripping off Snapchat's Stories - Axios Bitmoji Activists join call for Facebook to drop 'tone-deaf' Instagram for kids plan | TheHill Messenger Kids | The Messaging App for Kids How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did Material - Relay FM Alex Cox is creating the FACTORYSETTING5 show. | Patreon Spectacles by Snap Inc. • The Next Generation of Spectacles Snapchat - The fastest way to share a moment! The Unicorn Sidekick
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1h 1min

FAQs about Roboism:

How many episodes does Roboism have?

The podcast currently has 79 episodes available.