Robopsych Podcast

Dr. Wendy Ju returns to the RoboPsych Podcast to discuss autonomous objects and their social ecosystems. Show Notes Ep. 61 - Dr. Wendy Ju on Autonomous Ecosystems Dr. Wendy Ju returns to the RoboPsych Podcast to speak with Carla Diana and Tom about designing social objects and their ecosystems. Wendy’s new academic position at Cornell Tech Wendy's book: The Design of Implicit Interactions Wendy's previous RoboPsych Podcast appearance Hugh Dubberly’s Ecosystems Presentation Dubberly’s Ecosytem Diagram Black Mirror bees episode Daniel Suarez, Kill Decision Ken Goldberg's work at UC Berkeley The coming “service avatars” from Mike Kuniavsky’s book, Smart Things Clayton Christensen's "jobs to be done" model Connect with us via email Connect with us via Twitter

Ep. 60 - John Sullins, Ph.D. On Robot Ethics Show Notes Today, Carla and Tom have a conversation about issues in robot ethics with Sonoma State University philosophy professor John P. Sullins, Ph.D. John’s professional background John’s writings on Academia.edu Noel Sharkey remarks on robot personhood Heider and Simmel 1944 experiment with moving shapes Carla's Popular Science article Kitt from Night Rider Recent Uber fatality, implications of human and machine vision Man killed by police officers mistakenly believing he had a gun IEEE Autonomous System Design Standards document

Ep. 59 - Teaching Kids To Play Nice With Robots This week, Carla Diana (Twitter: @carladiana_) and Tom Guarriello (Twitter: @tomguarriello), talk about teaching children to play with robots non-aggressively. Show Notes Shelley - a robot to deter kids from hitting robots Little Inu - a dinosaur-like robot toy Pleo study at University of Duisburg-Essen Kate Darling’s study on human-robot interaction and empathy ASPCA - Founded in 1866 ASPCR - American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Robots Joanna Bryson - Summary of Reddit AMA Joanna Bryson - "Robots Should Be Slaves" EU considering “electronic personhood” for robots Cynthia Breazeal - Measuring Children’s Long-Term Relationships with Social Robots Immanuel Kant on animal rights I, Robot - film

Ep. 58 - Cameras, Cameras Everywhere This week, Carla Diana and I talk about the design and psychological implications of image capturing devices everywhere. Show Notes Fast Company article: “War on What’s Real” Right to be forgotten Note To Self Podcast: What to think about before posting family photos Neato Robovac Black Mirror: Shut Up and Dance Constance Fischer, Ph.D. on Privacy Glenn Greenwald TED Talk on Privacy Polycom Video Conference Cameras Farhad Manjoo NY Times article, "The Scary and Sublime Future of Cameras With A.I. Brains"

Ep. 57 - Superhero Tales and Robotics with Barry Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Show Notes: Barry Fitzgerald has a Ph.D. in physics. He and Tom discuss the relevance of superhero stories for robotics from the Foundation For Responsible Robotics Workshop in Leiden, Netherlands.  Barry Fitzgerald’s website Superhero Science and Technology Journal Secrets of Superhero Science ebook Journal article: Using Hawkeye From the Avengers to Communicate On the Eye  

Ep. 56: Reskilling To Collaborate With Robots Show Notes This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello talk about the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personal characteristics that will make humans superior collaborators with robots. This is what Tom calls, “RoboPsych.” Human-robot collaboration: Multiplicity Competencies: bundles of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personal characteristics World Economic Forum Reskilling Revolution article Big Five Personality Model - Wikipedia article Big Five Personality Model - Instrument Dreyfus Novice - Expert Model Smarter Than You Think - Clive Thompson World Economic Forum - Eight Futures article Negative Attitudes About Robots Scale Accenture Reskilling Study Carla’s Popular Science Autopilot Article Madeline Gannon “Robot Whisperer” video Foundation for Responsible Robotics Workshop

Ep. 55: Carla Diana’s Beyond Tellerand Presentation This week Carla takes listeners through her design and robotics presentation: Robotics in Our Everyday Lives: A Product Designer’s Perspective, given at the Beyond Tellerrand conference in Munich, Germany, January 15 - 17, 2018. Show Notes: Beyond Tellerrand accessibility presentation: Marcy Sutton Carla’s Beyond Tellerrand Conference presentation: Video Dr. Andrea Thomasz RoboPsych Podcast interview Dr. Thomasz’s U. Of Texas Socially Intelligent Machines Lab Introducing Simon, a robot Leonardo, an early robot Designing Simon’s face Simon’s cousin, Curi Dr. Thomasz’s TEDx Talk Carla and Poli, a robot Carla’s NY Times “robots in ordinary products” slide show MacBook pulsating “breathing” light Neato BotVac

Ep. 55: Carla Diana’s Beyond Tellerrand Presentation This week Carla takes listeners through her design and robotics presentation: Robotics in Our Everyday Lives: A Product Designer’s Perspective, given at the Beyond Tellerrand conference in Munich, Germany, January 15 - 17, 2018. Show Notes: Beyond Tellerrand accessibility presentation: Marcy Sutton Carla’s Beyond Tellerrand Conference presentation: Video Dr. Andrea Thomasz RoboPsych Podcast interview Dr. Thomasz’s U. Of Texas Socially Intelligent Machines Lab Introducing Simon, a robot Leonardo, an early robot Designing Simon’s face Simon’s cousin, Curi Dr. Thomasz’s TEDx Talk Carla and Poli, a robot Carla’s NY Times “robots in ordinary products” slide show MacBook pulsating “breathing” light Neato BotVac

Ep. 54 - Rodney Brooks Makes Accountable Predictions, with Carla Diana This week Carla Diana joins Tom Guarriello as the new co-host of the RoboPsych Podcast. Show Notes Carla Diana’s Homepage Rodney Brooks "My Dated Predictions" Article Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Philip Tetlock's Superforecasting method Aubrey de Grey The Trolley Problem Bottlenose Dolphin intelligence article Wall Street Journal 2018 predictions article RadioLab "Driverless Dilemma" episode

Ep. 53 - Dr. Cory Kidd on Robots in Healthcare Catalia Health website Cory Kidd - LinkedIn profile Mabu - robot healthcare assistant Mabu Intro Video Julie Carpenter website Julie Carpenter Twitter

Ep. 52 - Dr. David Gunkel on Robot Ethics Giving Robots Personhood - The Verge The Machine Question - book by David David Gunkel Twitter homepage Mind The Gap article by David Shimon - a robot that writes and plays jazz “What Is An Author” - article by Michel Foucault Sophia - robot given Saudi citizenship Paro robot given koseki status in Japan Melvin Kranzberg - Six Laws of Technology Plato’s Phaedrus IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems Gunkelweb.com

Ep. 51 - China’s New Citizen Score System This week, Julie Carpenter and Tom Guarriello discuss the current pilot of the China Citizen Score system, slated for mandatory roll out to all 1.3 billion Chinese in 2020. Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens - Wired article Klout - social network power ratings Nosedive - Netflix Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 1 Super Sad True Love Story - Gary Shteyngart novel on Amazon The Prisoner - 1967 British TV series

Ep. 50 - Dr. Kate Devlin - Sex, Robots, and AI Kate’s Wikipedia page Kate’s Twitter page Kate’s TEDx Warwick talk on Sex Robots RealDoll Homepage NY Times article: The Trouble With Sex Robots  

Ep. 49 - Richard Yonck on Emotional AI Richard’s new book, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence Emotion AI Summit panel with Richard, Rana el-Kaliouby, and John C. Havens Rodney Brooks article, The Seven Deadly Sins of Predicting the Future of AI Gartner Technology Hype Cycle diagram Narrative Competency and the Massive Hermeneutical Background, Shaun Gallagher Women in AI - ~46:00 mark in this episode The IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems

Ep. 48 - Robophobia Hurricane Harvey Red Cross Donation Best Friends animal rescue donation Robophobia newspaper article Aimee Mann robot video Rodney Brooks Techcrunch MIT conference video Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom Oxford study of job automation Wired ATM and automation article TYME Wikipedia page Y2K Wikipedia page Modern Farmer magazine Precision agriculture Wikipedia page Steve Wozniak rethinks “existential risk” claim, Wired Magazine Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - Flaming Lips video IEEE Initiative for Ethical Considerations in AI Negative Attitude Towards Robots scale questionnaire

Ep. 47 - Dr. Steve Omohundro on AI, Robots, and Empathy Steve’s Homepage Reinforcement and Inverse Reinforcement Learning Kate Darling on robots and empathy Video NPR Interview Video: Boston Dynamics robots getting knocked down, but getting up again! Eliza, first chatbot Replika Julie Twitter conversation about Replika

Show Notes: Ep. 46 - John Danaher on Artificial Offspring and our Collective Afterlife John’s article: Why we should create artificial offspring: meaning and the collective afterlife John’s webpage John edited this forthcoming book, which includes a chapter by Julie Carpenter: Robot Sex Article that inspired Spielberg’s film AI: Super-Toys Last All Summer Long

Ep. 45 - Chatbots for Mental Health Services Tom and Dr. Julie Carpenter discuss the use of chatbot programs in mental health service delivery. Karim provides support for Syrian children caught up in a brutal war Catfish: fake personal profiles Inside Out - Pixar film portraying five of the six basic emotions (which one is missing? Let us know!) Scott McCloud 6 Emotions image Paul Ekman Affectiva Chinese people turn to Xiaicefor sympathetic companionship Darpa 2014 study: chatbot for military personnel Eliza U.S. Veterans suicide rate: approximately 20/day

Show Notes Dr. Bryson's Homepage Dr.Bryson's Reddit AMA Sackler Lectures, including referenced talk on recidivism Principles of Robotics, update/rewrite of Asimov's laws Children abusing robot in experiment

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