The Conversologist

This is the first livestream edition of the Conversologist Podcast show.  Joining me in this episode is Rebecca Xu, product marketing manager at Opus where we tackle the do's and don'ts when live streaming, harnessing tech to bring out the creativity and audience engagement and more.

You can give Opus a whirl by signing up. 

Do you see stress as a negative or use it to enhance your life instead? 

Dr. Dwain Allan talks about his recent research to see if a conversational AI agents can change an entrepreneur's mindset about stress. We chatted about stress mindset theory and how it ties into building the conversational agent, stress interventions, the friendship questionnaire and whether chatbots should be treated as 'friends' or not. Should it be habit-forming for it to stick? 

And of course, the results! 

What if you could talk to the (near) future and equally, the future talks to us? The Metaverse has a lot to offer but will that allow us to travel through time using avatars and learn about what is yet to come?

Rew joins me in this thought exercise around the technologies behind the show, The Peripheral, and a few real-world (the present) applications. 

Warning: Some spoilers included.

Nerdgasms? Yup. An integral part of the Conversologist Lab. This episode is not about what it is or how it's done but the WHY. This is my story that led me to start it and how it can potentially make a difference in people's lives. 

Workshops are not (always) effective. It isn't collaborative. There is no community. You learn from a subject matter expert and end up disappointed because you don't retain most of the knowledge you thought you learned. Here's why and an introduction to my framework that can make it more effective.

Online learning. Rate it, or hate it? From group zooms, to set-and-forget video tutorials, there are so many options. What works best - from a learner’s and a teacher’s perspective - and where could online learning go?

Joining me in this episode is award-winning graphic novelist and creator of the LGBTQ superhero Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, Carlo Vergara. 

With renewed energy, what better to time to revive the show with a new season. Here's a recap of my podcasting journey and I look forward to the new season with more 'no box' thinking.

We all know that our interactions on social media shape the content we see. It’s a fundamental of the algorithm, designed to maximise screen time and deliver an engaged, interested audience to the advertiser.

But what about the people we connect with? Is it really just the who-knows-who connectedness that I always assumed, or does the tech guide us, like the hand of fate ensuring that two people meet where and when they should?

In this episode, Jam answers the questions and might make you want to revisit the people you follow. 

Clubhouse is the new player in social media.

An invitation-only, audio-only app, where members address the room “live” from a virtual stage, Clubhouse sounds good, at least in theory. Forums, discussions groups, virtual talks and even concerts.

In this episode of The Conversologist, Jam Mayer and Rew Shearer chew the fat on audio’s pros and cons, the culture shift of social media, and first impressions of a new social media app.

This conversation was unscripted and spontaneous, top-level thoughts only - we’d love to get your thoughts, as we may revisit the Clubhouse app as a topic.

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How does AI even work? What is NLP? LUIS? Dialogflow? Watson? Lex? What is machine learning? What about IOT?

Once you get beyond the simple rule-based chatbot, things get interesting. And talented guys like Andy Dharmani of ako.ai get busy.

In this episode of The Conversologist Podcast, Jam Mayer talks to Conversologie’s tech partner Andy about chatbots, AI, NLP, intent, entities, digital humans and more. 

This conversation was lifted from a February 2019 webinar on AI chatbots. 99% of the conversation is self explanatory, but you may wish to view the webinar slides also. 

Slides from the webinar - downloadable pdf

Andy’s website ako.ai

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