Roboism

Alex hopes a snow blower Wall-E can take down the home owner’s association, and Kathy wants to stop stealing.

Delivery robots are (trying to) serve Chicago, but we need to talk about wagons.

Kathy didn't even get to the second page.

Alex and Kathy cover a number of friendly and less friendly topics and try to avoid a Satanic Panic.

Friends? We recorded this episode months ago and Alex wanted to scrap it. But as usual, Kathy was correct when she said, “I hate it–please publish it.”

Alex and Kathy wade through the grey blobs of the past few weeks of Apple’s supposed Intelligence.

Alex and Kathy catch up on Google's Gemini, Photoshop's AI features, and the latest period technology.

Immediately after Sammy A's firing but before his rehiring, Alex and Kathy got together to discuss what led up to the OpenAI bonanza and how it affects the future of ordinary humans who don't have podcasts about robots

Alex talks AI, gatekeeping, and Digital Miyazaki with friend of the show and developer advocate Jay Miller.

Alex gives Kathy a rundown of their cautious optimism for visionOS, and how we can have more agency in this new era of computing. Becoming more cyborgian can mean we also learn how to be more human. Kathy wants Alex to calm down because she's focused on preparing for Relay FM's annual Podcastathon to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. TOMORROW, Friday, September 22nd! Alex notes that these two events, one weird and abstract, another weird but also a concrete way to help the fight in eradicating childhood cancer. If none of that made sense, good! It means you'll like this episode.

Kathy used ChatGPT, and Alex continues to use ChatGPT a lot more than they probably should. (Recorded May 2023, when it was still the bird site.)

Kathy still hasn't used ChatGPT, but Alex remains optimistic about the bots. (Recorded March 2023 in a pre-visionOS world!)

Alex calls shenanigans on Sydney and Kevin's relationship, and Kathy brings some news from our friends making AIs in Ethical Edmonton!

With the help of a calculator panda, the business unicorn breaks her silence.

Alex and Kathy talked in December about Twitter. Hindsight sure is an interesting thing. They also celebrate no San Francisco Murder Bots, mourn the loss of the Mars Rover, and look forward to what might come next for the social Internet.

Kathy and Alex share their squishy thoughts about the viral sensation of AI avatars, independent art, open-source software, and the late great turtles.

Alex and Kathy discuss broken fingers, folding, and a fictosexual man in love with a hologram.

Alex and Kathy might want robots to have rights and bodily autonomy, but it would be nice if humans had it as well.

Alex and Kathy are convinced robots aren't coming to take our jobs...but they SHOULD be.

Alex and Kathy discuss the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the necessary access to the technology for safe abortions.