My guest this week is Kevin Kelly, author and Internet pioneer. We discuss his latest book, The Inevitable, and the implications of Artificial Intelligence.

• Kevin’s Homepage

• Kevin’s books on Amazon:
  • The Inevitable
  • What Technology Wants
  • Out of Control
  • Cool Tools, book and website/newsletter
  • The Silver Cord

Brian David Johnson Show Notes

• Brian’s Book: 21st Century Robot
• Brian’s Midwest Compute video on The Future of Technology
• Trossen Robotics Website: Jimmy The Robot
• Erector set
• John Markoff’s history of the PC revolution: What The Dormouse Said
• Big Five Personality Traits
• Brian’s firm: Frost and Sullivan
• IEEE Ethical Design of Autonomous Systems Committee Charter

Rana El-Kaliouby, Ph.D. Show Notes

World renowned artist and thinker Tim Holmes join Tom for a lively discussion of artificial intelligence, robots and the "erotic crisis."

Tim Holmes Show Notes

The University of Texas website describes Andrea Thomaz, Ph.D., thusly:

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From the University of Texas website:

“Andrea Thomaz is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.

Prof. Thomaz joined Texas Electrical and Computer Engineering in January 2016 after serving as an Associate Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2007-2016. She earned a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999, and Sc.M. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT in 2002 and 2006. 

Andrea is published in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Human-Robot Interaction. Her research aims to computationally model mechanisms of human social learning in order to build social robots and other machines that are intuitive for everyday people to teach.

Prof. Thomaz received an NSF CAREER award in 2010 and an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 2008. She was named to Popular Science magazine's Brilliant 10 List in 2012. In 2009, she was named to the MIT Tech Review Top Young Innovators Under 35.“

Links:

1. Dr. Thomaz’s UT webpage 
2. Google Scholar webpage
3. TED Talk
4. Dr. Thomaz’s book, Robot Learning From Human Teachers

Show Notes - Wendy Ju, Ph.D.

Wendy Ju's Website

The Stanford University website describes Dr. Wendy Ju this way:

“Wendy Ju is Executive Director of Interaction Design Research at Stanford University's Center for Design Research. She is also Associate Professor in the Graduate Design Program at California College of the Arts. Wendy's research investigates novel human-machine interaction, particularly human-robot interaction and autonomous car interfaces. Since receiving her PhD from Stanford in 2008, Wendy has been innovating curriculum at the intersection of technology, design and the arts. At CDR, Wendy aims to increase awareness and appreciation for the role of Design Research and to make the Bay Area the epicenter for design intellectualism and discourse.”

Aimee van Wynsberghe, Ph.D. Show Notes

Ben Brown Show Notes

This week I speak with Ben Brown of Howdy.AI, a Slack chatbot digital assistant. 

Tom Guarriello, Ph.D.

John Havens Autonomous Vehicle Podcast Show Notes: 

Jenny Blake is an author, educator, consultant and former Googler who has written and spoken extensively about work and careers in the new economic world. She is deeply interested in how robots and AI will impact the work world. 

Jenny Blake Podcast Show Notes

Jenny Blake on The Internet:

Jenny's Books

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