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"