Voluntary Input

York Campbell, author, sound editor, producer, poet, and host of Welcome To Earth Stories (a Sci-Fi Anthology) joins us to talk about censorship, equity, empathy, and what it means to simply be a good Earthling.

To learn more about York and to listen to his show, visit https://poeticearthlings.com

This episode contains promotion for:

Dacayin With The Boys - linktr.ee/decayinwtb

Be sure to listen and subscribe to this great podcast!

Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput

Leave us a message at https://podinbox.com/voluntaryinput

Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq

Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

On this episode, we talk with actor turned self-taught filmmaker Bo Roberts about everything from psychology, life and filmmaking during to COVID lockdown era, self discovery, and his new film "The Great Awakening", which was acquired by Filmhub and is currently available on multiple streaming platforms, including tubiTV. This Indiana-born model/actor turned self-taught was driven to filmmaking through his interest in psychology. On the heels of 17 short films, Roberts took the opportunity during 2021 to make the feature film, "The Great Awakening". Named one of the "50 Sexiest Men Alive," he transitioned from modeling to acting. He has appeared in various projects including Legendary Pictures/Noam Murro's "300: Rise of an Empire"; Fox's "The Mindy Project" and USA Network's "Burn Notice" and most recently in Lionsgate/Kevin Carraway's "Change of Command" with Michael Jai White and Steve Austin.

Connect with Bo on Twitter - @mrboroberts

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MrBoRoberts

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBoRoberts

and LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bo-roberts-67134698/

This episode features promotion for:

Doom Generation - https://linktr.ee/doomgenerationpod

Be sure to listen and subscribe to this great podcasts where ever you listen to podcasts!

Voluntary Input records exclusively via Melon -

https://melonapp.com?ref=voluntaryinput

Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput

Leave us a message at https://podinbox.com/voluntaryinput

Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq

Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

We seem to hear about data on a day-to-day basis. However, the things we hear about it tend to revolve around Social Media and the likes of Google.

But is there more to data than the gloom and doom tech stories we tend to get from the media?

On this episode we are joined by Kevin Hanegan to talk about Data Literacy.

Kevin is currently the Chief Learning Officer at Qlik, a data and analytics company. He is also the chair of the advisory board for The Data Literacy Project and author of multiple books, including "Turning Data Into Wisdom: How We Can Collaborate with Data to Change Ourselves, Our Organizations, and Even the World."

To learn more about Kevin and his book, visit kevinhanegan.com

Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput

Leave us a message at https://podinbox.com/voluntaryinput

Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq

Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

Expert Sam Kamani joins us to talk about the current and future impact of Web3.

Sam is the Chief Web3 Strategist for Moonstream.to, Moonstream is the Web3 engine for Blockchain based games. Moonstream has handled over $2.5 Billion in transaction volume to date. Sam is also the founder and host of the Web3 with Sam Kamani podcast, a top 20 Web3 podcast globally and author of the Amazon Best selling "The 30 Day Startup".

To learn more about Sam, visit his website - https://samkamani.com

Be sure to listen and subscribe to his podcast - https://web3pod.xyz

Featuring promotions from:

Talking SMAC Podcast - linktr.ee/TalkingSMAC

and

The Movie Wire Podcast - linktr.ee/Moviewireshow

Be sure to listen and subscribe to these great podcasts as well!

Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput

Leave us a message at https://podinbox.com/voluntaryinput

Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq

Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

On this final episode in our A.I. series, we speak with Kate Dudzik about one of the most fascinating aspects in the field - Cognition.

Kate has been researching, writing, and exploring themes in Cognitive Science since 2014. She earned both her Bachelor Degree (Honours) and Master’s Degree in Cognitive Science from the Institute of Cognitive Science at Carleton University, where she specialised in the Biological Foundations of Cognition (2017) and Agent-Based Cognitive Modelling (2019). Kate is a peer-reviewed, published scientist with work spanning multiple disciplines, from Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (Springer), to Computer Science (Elsevier); published at both academic conferences in Cognitive Science and the Digital Humanities. In addition to her scientific research, Kate has designed Artificial Intelligence products in private industry, has written multiple articles for industry about digital technology and human interaction, and presented to multiple groups including CIMA/CGMA about understanding digital technology, how it impacts thoughts and behaviour, and best practices in the field.

This episode features promotions for:

Doom Generation - https://linktr.ee/doomgenerationpod

Latin Jukebox - anchor.fm/latinjukebox

and

Middle Aged Gaming - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/middle-aged-gaming/id1530133996

Be sure to listen and subscribe to those great podcasts as well!

Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput

Leave us a message at https://podinbox.com/voluntaryinput

Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq

Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

In this episode, we learn a bit more about the foundations of AI, data collection, and the future of AI from Babak Hodjat.

Babak Hodjat is a serial entrepreneur behind several Silicon Valley companies as main inventor and technologist, and currently serves as CTO - AI at Cognizant. Babak is the former co-founder and CEO of Sentient, responsible for the core technology behind the world’s largest distributed artificial intelligence system, and he was also the founder of the world's first AI-driven hedge-fund, Sentient Investment Management. Babak is widely credited as the main inventor of the natural language technology used in Apple’s Siri. He is an Iranian-American inventor with a passion for storytelling, soccer, and Artificial Intelligence. Born in London, Babak went to kindergarten in Idaho, attended middle school in London, completed high school and undergraduate studies in Iran, and obtained his PhD in Japan. He has been living and working in California since the late nineties. Babak Has published more than 50 peer reviewed academic papers, and is the inventor on more than 30 US patents.

Get your copy of Babak's memoir "The Konar and the Apple" here - https://dastaanpublishing.com

Connect with Babak on Twitter - @babakatwork

Or on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/babakhodjat

Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput

Leave us a message at podinbox.com/voluntaryinput

This episode features promotions for:

Middle Aged Gaming - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/middle-aged-gaming/id1530133996

and

Casting Views - linktr.ee/CastingViews

Be sure to listen and subscribe to those great podcasts as well!

Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

On this episode, Leon Kuperman talks Cyber Security and the role artificial intelligence can play in it. Co-founder and CTO at CAST AI, formerly Vice President of Security Products OCI at Oracle, Leon’s professional experience spans across tech companies such as IBM, Truition, and HostedPCI. He founded and served as the CTO of Zenedge, an enterprise security company protecting large enterprises with a cloud WAF. Leon has 20+ years of experience in product management, software design, and development, all the way through to production deployment. He is an authority on cloud computing, web application security and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), e-commerce, and web application architecture.

Connect with Leon on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/itexecutivecto

Learn more about Cast AI - https://cast.ai

Featuring podcast promotion from Micro Break Podcast (@Micro_Break) - https://app.redcircle.com/shows/96506357-ec30-402b-95ff-ed5de0879a51/exclusive-content

and

Beer In Front (@BeerInFront) - linktr.ee/BeerInFront

Check out Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark -

https://tinyurl.com/5n8w39u5

and

Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers by Andy Greenberg -

https://jubb.ly/852229

Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput

Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq

Leave us a message at podinbox.com/voluntaryinput

Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

Neuroscientist Keiland Cooper joins us to talk about the work he and other researchers are doing to try to build AI that is as smart as the human brain. Learn how this can be beneficial to us all.

He also helps clear up some common misconceptions about AI and technology in general.

Connect with Keiland on Twitter - @kw_cooper

Learn more about the work he's doing by visiting his website - kwcooper.xyz

or

Learn more about ContinualAL, a non-profit research organization and the largest open community on Continual Learning for AI at continualai.org

Read their most recent paper combining AI with neuroscience - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28057-6

Featuring promotions Talking SMAC (@TalkingSMACpod) - linktr.ee/TalkingSMAC

and

The Movie Wire (@MovieWireShow) - linktr.ee/Moviewireshow

Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput

Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq

Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me and use promo code VOLUNTARYINPUT

China specialist Jason Szeftel returns to talk about China's significance in the war in Ukraine, the fate of the communist party in China (and China as a whole), and why other nations including the United States actually share the same concerns as China in regards to aging population and low birth rates.

Featuring promos a great podcast you should listen and subscribe to!:

Doom Generation - https://linktr.ee/doomgenerationpod

Want a new way to listen to web articles and podcasts like Voluntary Input? Go to www.newsly.me, use promo code V0LUNTARY1NPUT, and receive a 1-month free premium subscription!

Need music for your podcast, online streaming channel, film, or other creative content? Check out Melodie! - https://go.melod.ie/voluntaryinput

Find a sponsor for your web site. Get paid for your great content with ShareASale! - https://bit.ly/3QXDYfq

Questions, comments, or show ideas? Please be sure to visit https://voluntaryinput.com and select Contact. We'd love to hear from you!

It is an issue that continues to plague the tech space, and often in high profile ways. Friend of the show Romer Nortarfrancesco @RetweetableN14 joins us to talk about Fighting Bro Culture.

Dubbed "The Mr. Rogers of infosec" by @snipethesnipers, and "A Positivity Warrior" by @ush1c, Robert is always willing to lend an ear and help anyway he can!

Featuring promos from two great podcasts you should listen and subscribe to!:

Talking SMAC - https://linktr.ee/TalkingSMAC

and

FMWL - https://linktr.ee/fmwlpod

Visit https://voluntaryinput.com to learn more!