Ep. 94 - Dr. Julie Carpenter on Robots in The Time of COVID-19 

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom welcome back Dr. Julie Carpenter, the RoboPsych Podcast Co-Host Emeritus to discuss the roles robots are playing in the era of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

• Spot robot dog videos
• Spot for sale: $74,500
• Paro eldercare robot
• Valkyrie Humanoid Robot
• Julie’s Book
• Campaign To Stop Killer Robots
• Atlas Robot
• Petman Robot
• Dr. Michal Kosinski on RoboPsych Podcast
• Dor Skuler on RoboPsych Podcast
• Julie's website

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Ep. 93 - Dor Skuler, CEO and Co-Founder of Intuition Robotics

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom welcome Dor Skuler, CEO and Co-Founder of Intuition Robotics to discuss ElliQ, their "digital companion" for elderly people, and their initiatives in the automotive industry.

• Dor Skuler from Intuition Robotics
• ElliQ Video
• Intuition Robotics Blog
• ElliQ at the London Design Museum
• Jibo
• Big Five Personality Model
• ElliQ.com
• Intuition Robotics Blog

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Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom welcome Erin Bishop, Director of Business Development at Sense Photonics to discuss the state of Lidar and other visual perception systems for robots. Then we discuss the implications of coronavirus for the robotics industry.

• Sense Photonics Website
• FIRST Robotics
• How will coronavirus affect robotics?
• IEEE Interview with Moxi robot team CEO, Andrea Thomaz
• Robots increasing demand for bespoke goods and services
• Robots, shortening supply chains, climate change implications
• Diaspora.co black pepper
• Pneubotics and soft robotics
• Baymax as example of soft robotics
• The coronavirus crossroads

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Ep. 91 - Brian Roemmele on Implications of Coronavirus

Show Notes

In a special edition, Carla and Tom welcome back Brian Roemmele for his third appearance to discuss the lessons of the 1918-1919 Spanish Flu for the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Event 201 Simulation
• Event 201 Simulation videos
• Brian's COVID-19 Tweet Thread
• Edward R. Dewey Wikipedia Page
• The "Silent Generation"
• The historical context of the corporate headquarters
• Working from home and productivity
• Hawthorne Effect studies
• Gilbreth Time/Motion Studies
• Toyota Production System
• W. Edwards Deming
• The role of women in the workplace
• The keystone as architectural breakthrough
• Brunelleschi's Dome
• Alfred Adler, gemeinschaftsgefuhl, "fellow feeling," or "social interest"
• @brianroemmele @tomguarriello @carladiana

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Ep. 90 - Carla’s Interaction Design 20 Talk and Conference Report

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom discuss Carla’s presentation at the Interaction 20 Conference and other highlights of the event.

• Carla's Interaction Design Talk: Social Robotics and Product Design
• Carlo Ratti MIT Sensible City Webpage
• Magic Leap Website
• Moxi healthcare assistant robot
• Designing for "moments of endearment"
• Dan Saffer talk: The Robots are Coming
• Hadar Maximov talk: Emotional Connections With Robots
• Safinah Ali talk: Creative Robots Inspiring Creativity
• Cas Holman Netflix Abstract Episode
• Georgia Lupi talk: The Human Side of Data
• Jan Knikker talk: Creative Transformation
• Andrew Hoppin talk: (Data) Trust is the New Oil
• Matt Cottam talk: Design Nonfiction
• Walter Isaacson Leonardo Da Vinci biography

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Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom discuss the robots that showed up at the Consumer Electronics Show and what they might mean for the future of human-robot interaction.

• RoboPsych Podcast Apple Podcasts Home Page
• Noel Sharkey says we're in an "AI autumn"
• Gartner hype cycle
• "Jennie" robotic dog
• Qoobo catlike robot withoug a head
• Pibo companion robot
• Lovot
• Paro robotic companion
• Carla's TEDx Brussels talk
• Samsung's Ballie robot
• Big Five Personality model
• Spot: Boston Dynamics dog robot
• Reachy robot
• Loro cognitive trainer robot
• Rogers Adoption Curve
• Arnold Schwarzenegger robot example of doppelganger robot
• Machines Like Me - Ian MacEwan
• Samsung's Neon robots
• Max Headroom
• ”Jennie” the dog: less uncanny?
• Charmin delivery robot!
• Sextech admitted to CES for first time
• Sony electric concept car

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Ep. 88 - 2019: RoboPsych Podcast Year In Review

Show Notes

This week, Tom and Carla review thoughts about 2019 in AI/Robotics. Carla previews her Fast Company article about a camera that leads to a couple’s breakup.

• RoboPsych Podcast Apple Podcasts Home Page
• Episode 85 - Michal Kosinski - The End of Privacy
• PBS Frontline Episode: In The Age of AI
• China's AI Spending Trends
• Big 5 Personality Scale
• Cranbrook’s 4D Design Program
• Episode 77 - Brian Roemmele - The Last Interface
• Google employees express concerns about AI controlling society
• Away's company culture problems
• Moxi healthcare assistant robot on Time 100 Most Important Inventions of 2019
• Episode 71 - Moxi, With Diligent Robotics Executive Team
• Episode 86 - John Danaher on Automation and Utopia
• Episode 82 - John C. Havens on Autonomous

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Ep. 87 - Flynn Coleman - Author of "A Human Algorithm"

Show Notes

This week, Tom and Carla are very pleased to have Flynn Coleman with us as our guest. Flynn is a human rights attorney who has focused on ethics and technology for decades. She has investigated war crimes, genocide and fought for global equality of opportunity. Her new book, A Human Algorithm, thoroughly explores the history of AI and other emerging technologies and explores the ethical questions they raise.

• Flynn Coleman's Website
• "A Human Algorithm" at Amazon.com
• Fundacio MONA Primate Foundation
• Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences model
• Flynn's TEDx Talk
• Georgia Tech Quixote Project
• IEEE Ethically Aligned Design Standards
• UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Julie Carpenter: Que Gender Neutral Voice Assistant
• John Danaher on Utopia: RoboPsych Podcast Episode
• Kate Raworth - Doughnut Economics
• On The Origin of Stories - Brian Boyd
• Parody of Boston Dynamics Robots - YouTube Video
• Ursula K. LeGuin
• Octavia E. Butler
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche - Danger of a Single Story
• “A Human Algorithm” at Amazon.com

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Episode 86 - John Danaher on Automation and Utopia

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This week, Tom and Carla are very pleased to have John Danaher with us as our guest. John is the author of the just-published Harvard University Press book, Automation and Utopia: Human Flourishing in a World Without Work. He is a philosopher and lawyer, currently a lecturer in the Law School at the National University of Ireland. His Philosophical Disquisitions website is an outstanding source for reflections on the ethical, social and legal implications of emerging technologies.

• John’s Website
• Automation and Utopia on Amazon
• Frey and Osborne Oxford Work Study
• McKinsey 2017 Job Report
• WALL-E
• Humans and displacement in the “cognitive niche”
• “Blueprint” vs. “Horizonal” models of utopia
• Bernard Suits book, The Grasshopper
• John on Twitter

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Episode 85 - Michal Kosinski, Ph.D. on The End of Privacy

Show Notes

This week, Tom and Carla are very pleased to have Dr. Michal Kosinski with us as our guest. Michal is an Associate Professor at Stanford University (Graduate School of Business) and holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Cambridge and master's degrees in psychometrics and in social psychology. Michal's research focuses on the fields of individual psychological differences and on the implications of digital privacy.

• Michal's Website
• Michal's Talk at Google: The End of Privacy
• Big Five Personality model
• Big Five: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism
• Deep neural networks detecting sexual orientation from facial images. Michal's paper in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
• Daniel Kahneman's work
• Author's Note: Michal's response to criticisms of his research
• Sharing data as analogous to paying taxes
• Harvey Milk as example of social change processes
• If only we could get privacy back...

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Episode 84 - Dr. Julie Carpenter

This week, Tom and Carla are very pleased to have Dr. Julie Carpenter with us as our guest. Julie holds a Ph.D. In cognitive science from the University of Washington. Julie is the “Co-Host Emeritus” of the RoboPsych Podcast. After being part of the show for most of 2017, Julie moved to San Francisco to join Accenture in 2018 as a Research Scientist in human-robot/human-technology interaction. Recently, she has been part of the team that developed Q, a genderless voice-interactive platform that was awarded 7 Cannes Lion awards at the recent Cannes Festival.

• Julie Carpenter's website
• Q: A genderless voice technology
• Vice Copenhagen Q Team
• Anna Jorgensen research
• Listen to Q speak
• School of Visual Arts Masters in Branding Program
• Julie's Website

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Episode 83 - Jill Fain Lehman, Ph.D. on Developing Language Interactions

Show Notes

This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello speak with Dr. Jill Fain Lehman about her work on language and machines at Carnegie-Mellon University and as a consultant at Disney.

• Jill's LinkedIn Page
• Jill's work with Disney
• Using technology for language-based interactions with children
• Creating interactions that are fun for kids
• We need a "theory of fun"
• Creating systems for children on autism spectrum
• Scott McCloud's facial representation abstraction spectrum
• Scott McCloud's excellent book, Understanding Comics
• Interacting with Alexa, Jibo and other "intelligent agents"
• Mathblasters and other early "edutainment" systems
• The "behavioral uncanny valley" of stereotypical activities
• What makes an interaction a "conversation"?
• Dr. Paul Pangaro RoboPsych Podcast interview
• Apple's 1987 "Knowledge Navigator" interactive agent video
• Jill's thoughts about near-term developments in human-machine interaction
• Teaser for Jill's next RoboPsych Podcast appearance!

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Episode 82 - John C. Havens on Autonomous System/AI Ethics

This week, Carla Diana is away, and Tom Guarriello speaks with John C. Havens about his work with the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Standards Association, a project to create standards for “measuring the impact of artificial intelligence or autonomous and intelligent systems (A/IS) on humans.”

Show Notes

• Heartificial Intelligence - John's book
• IEEE Ethics in Action Website
• IEEE Well-Being chapter
• Ciitizen health data repository
• Gliimpse acquisition
• Google ethics council disbanded

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Episode 81 - Dr. Paul Pangaro on Designing Interactions

This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello speak with Dr. Paul Pangaro, Professor of Practice at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute of Carnegie-Mellon University. Paul is a longtime friend and colleague who has been thinking and writing about cybernetics, AI, and robotics for many years.

Show Notes

• Paul Pangaro, Ph.D. Homepage
• Paul’s “Turning Test” Post
• Resources in systems: Donella Meadows on systems literacy
• Paul's "Getting Started Guide" to cybernetics
• Paul's work on "Designing for Ethical Interactions"
• RSD: Relating Systems Design
• Ranulph Glanville Wikipedia page
• Brian Roemmele on intelligent agents and conversations

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Ep. 80 - Bryan Boyer on Autonomous Vehicles and Their Impact

This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello speak with architect and public sector innovator Bryan Boyer about autonomous vehicles and their impact on cities and on us.

Show Notes

• Anthony Townsend of Bits and Atoms
• Carla's Popular Science Robot's Brain article
• Bloomberg Aspen Initiative on Autonomous Vehicles in Cities
• Stewart Brand's "pace layers"
• Garnter's Hype Cycle
• Global Atlas of Autonomous Vehicle Pilot Projects
• Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses
• Alain Kornhauser Smart Driving Newsletter
• Atlas of AV Civic Initiatives
• Ocado Robotic Grocery Warehouse

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This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello discuss Carla’s new 4D Design program at the Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Show Notes

• Moxi healthcare assistant robot
• Moxi episode of RoboPsych Podcast
• Cranbrook Academy of Art
• Eames bent plywood chair
• 4 D Design Program at Cranbrook Academy of Art
• Rob Walker
• CP Snow’s “The Two Cultures”
• 4D Program FAQs
• Robert Caro's biography of Robert Moses, "The Power Broker"
• Carla's "Medusa" installation in downtown Detroit gallery
• Myth of Medusa
• Baymax from "Big Hero 6"
• Chris Atkinson at CMU
• Scooby's sonified plant demonstration
• Scooby YouTube video lecture

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Ep. 78 - Goodbye, Jibo

This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello discuss the effects of Jibo, the social robot, being shut down.

Show Notes

• Jibo
• Cynthia Breazeal, Ph.D.
• Kuri
• Buddy
• Jibo, Inc., shutdown news
• Jibo Owners Facebook Group
• Anki Vector
• Jibo in recent news
• Jibo's goodbye speech
• Jibo Owners Facebook Group
• Tom’s Jibo tweet
• Jibo's intellectual property sale
• Clayton Christiansen Jobs To Be Done model
• Nao robot

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Ep. 77 - Brian Roemmele: The Intelligence Amplifier and Wisdom Keeper

This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello talk to voice-first expert Brian Roemmele about his forthcoming book, The Last Interface, and his thoughts on what he calls “the Intelligence Amplifier” and “Wisdom Keeper.” A lively, fascinating conversation.

• ”The Last Interface”, Brian’s forthcoming book
• Paul Pangaro, Ph.D.
• Yan LeCun and Gary Marcus debate on AI
• Joseph Campbell, “The Hero’s Journey”
• Intersection, film
• Contact, film
• Judith Rich Harris
• "The Nurture Assumption"
• Group socialization
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
• William Faulkner on the past

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Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom discuss Carla’s recent presentation about designing social objects at Interaction 19.

• IX 19 Interaction Conference
• Cranbrook Art Institute 4D Design Program
• Moxi Diligent Robotics Team RoboPsych Podcast Episode
• Moxi video
• Erica - Ishiguro's latest robot
• Genuine and fake smiles
• Carla's Popular Science article

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Ep 75 - Robots in Arizona - Victims, Villains, and Heroes

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom discuss the implications of recent aggressive incidents against self-driving vehicles in Arizona.

• Japanese hotel "fires" half its robots
• Yann LaCun on need for new approach to self-driving vehicles
• Rethink Robotics shuts down
• Pepper renewals down in Japan
• Waymo self-driving vehicles attacked in Phoenix suburbs
• Robot brings vape pen to threatening man
• Knightscope security robot deployment worries citizens
• The Luddites

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Ep. 74 - Dan Faggella on AI in Industry Today and Tomorrow

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom speak with Dan Faggella, CEO of Tech Emergence and host of the AI in Industry Podcast. We talk about the current applications of AI in companies, the military, and government, and about the future benefits, challenges, and concerns that AI raises.

• Tech Emergence website
• AI In Industry Podcast in iTunes
• Dan’s TEDx Talk at University of Rhode Island
• Dan's AI Ethics talk at Notre Dame
• China’s Citizen Score
• Edward Bernays Wikipedia page

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Ep 73 - Don Coolidge CEO of Elemental Path on Smart Toys

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom speak with Don Coolidge, CEO of Elemental Path, a company that makes smart toys for kids. We discuss the process for making smart toys, how Don’s company thinks about the challenges of producing things for kids, and the future of voice interactive devices.

• Elemental Path website
• Scout, Kickstarter from Elemental Path’s CogniToys
• Dino from CogniToys
• Tomorrow Lab
• Atlantic Magazine Alexa Cover Story
• IEEE Ethical Standards for AI Systems
• Vector
• Scout Kickstarter
• Don Coolidge on Twitter

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Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom talk about just how realistic our expectations of intelligent robots really are. We use Rodney Brooks’ essays on the subject to investigate.

• Rodney Brooks: “Steps Toward Super Intelligence IV, Things to Work on Now”
• Dogs CAN recognize images on TV
• Rethink Robotics robots, Baxter and Sawyer
• Brian Roemmele RoboPsych Podcast Ep. 66
• Flesh and Machines by Rodney Brooks
• Clothes folding robot
• Brooks on magical thinking about AI
• False belief test
• NY Times Op-ed: AI Hits Hidden Barrier of Meaning
• Gary Marcus' work
• Carla's Popular Science article, "Don't Blame The Robots, Blame Us"
• RoboPsych Podcast Episode 64: Designing Places for People Living With Robots
• Article: “Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant In The Room”
• Article on hacking Alexa and Google Home
• Hacking stop signs to fool autonomous vehicles
• Rodney Brooks film: "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control"

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Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom speak with Drs. Andrea Thomaz, Vivian Chu, and Agata Rozga, the Executive Team of Diligent Robotics. Diligent Robotics recently launched Moxi, a robot designed to remove many of the tasks that healthcare workers need to do that take them away from actual patient care. And, Carla was the Design Lead on the Moxi project! 

Links:

• Diligent Robotics
• Moxi
• Andrea Thomaz, Ph.D.
• Vivian Chu, Ph.D.
• Agata Rozga, Ph.D.
• Big 5 Personality Model
• Rethink Robotics announcement
• Moxi on BBC
• Dr. Thomaz on RoboPsych Podcast Episode 18

Ep. 70 - Dr. Dan Formosa on Designing with Gender in Mind

Show Notes

In this episode, Carla and Tom speak with our friend and colleague Dr. Dan Formosa about considering gender differences when designing products and services. We hope you enjoy the show and invite your thoughts and comments at tom@RoboPsych.com or on Twitter @RoboPsychCom.

• Smart Design Website
• School of Visual Arts Masters in Branding Program
• RoboPsych Podcast Episode 68 on Gender and Robotics
• Article: "Robots Won't Take Over Because They Couldn't Care Less"
• Eliza chatbot
• Julie Carpenter, Ph.D.'s work on robots in the military
• Amazon.com Roomba purchaser comments
• 4B Collective website
• Attribution theory in psychology
• Don Norman: "Turn Signals are the Facial Expressions of Automobiles"
• "Cuteness" Wikipedia page
• Diligent Robotics website
• Description of Dan's Bluetooth World presentation
• Great British Bake Off Briony Williams
• Matilda effect

Ep. 69 - Turtle Rover robot with founder Szymon Dzwonczyk

Show Notes

This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello talk about the Turtle Rover robot, it’s origins and uses with company founder Szymon Dzwonczyk. Turtle Rover is an open source hardware platform that gives makers a platform for creating robots to suit their specific needs.

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• TurtleRover Website
• Misty Robotics
• FIRST Robotics Competition
• University Robot Challenge
• Order a TurtleRover here

Ep. 68 - Women in AI and Robotics

This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello talk about the opportunities for women in the AI/robotics field. Please send us your thoughts on this topic to tom@RoboPsych.com or contact us on Twitter @RoboPsychCom.

• Diligent Robotics
• Carla’s Fast Company article, "How Women Are Leading The Effort To Make Robots More Humane"
• Melonee Wise MIT Technology Review video
• Affectiva

Ep. 67 - Byron Reese, Author of The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom have a lively conversation with Byron Reese, Publisher of GigaOm and author of the must read, The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity.

• The Fourth Age
• Byron Reese website
• GigaOm Website
• Byron's Job Automation Quiz
• Joseph Weizenbaum Wikipedia Page
• Cargo Cults
• Allen Institute Website
• Steven Pinker TED Talk

Ep. 66 - Brian Roemmele on the “voice first” revolution

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom speak with voice interaction pioneer Brian Roemmele about the implications of interacting with intelligent objects with our voices.

• Rene Ritchie's Vector Podcast - 1st Episode With Brian Roemmele
• 2nd Roemmele - Vector Podcast Episode on Google Duplex
• 3rd Roemmele - Vector Podcast Episode on Siri Shortcuts
• Clayton Christensen's Jobs To Be Done model
• Stanley Milgram's psychological experiments on obedience to authority
• Summary version of Brian's "voice first manifesto" using Mary Meeker 2016 State of the Web slides
• Viv development and purchase
• Myers-Briggs Type Inventory overview
• Destruction of the Library at Alexandria

Ep. 65 - Robots and Deception with Dr. Julie Carpenter

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom talk with former RoboPsych Podcast co-host Dr. Julie Carpenter about how AI and robots can deceive people, and how designers can prevent deception.

• Julie Carpenter’s webpage
• Wired article, quoting Julie, on "robots trying to pass as humans"
• Cobalt Robotics security robot
• Projective tests
• Carla's Tesla Auto-pilot Popular Science article
• Robot and Frank film
• Fitness for use
• Julie's UX Week speaking date

Ep. 64 - Designing Places For People Living With Robots

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom talk about the challenges of designing spaces for humans living and working with robots.

• Designing a child-friendly environment
• Designing a robot-friendly environment
• Boston Dynamics Spot robot opening a door
• Robot with flexible "fingers" could open a doorknob
• Moravec's Paradox
• Rodney Brooks' book Flesh and Machines
• Teaching Kids to "Play Nice" With Robots RoboPsych Podcast episode
• Wired: How to Design a Droid-Optimized Home
• Google Duplex demonstration
• Carla'a article - Double Vision: The Challenge of Creating a World For Both Robots and Humans
• Doors still need "user manuals": Push/Pull
• Apple employees walking into glass doors at Apple Park
• Carla's Guardian article on envisioning future of transportation
• National League of Cities Autonomous Vehicle Scenarios
• Debates about electric scooters in cities

Ep. 63 - Dr. Peter Asaro on Robots, Ethics, and the Campaign To Stop Killer Robots

Show Notes

This week, Carla Diana and Tom Guarriello speak with Dr. Peter Asaro, Associate Professor of Media Studies at the New School in New York City. Dr. Asaro’s research currently focuses on the social, cultural, political, legal and ethical dimension of robotics and artificial intelligence.

• Peter Asaro’s webpage
• Peter’s co-lab course
• IEEE Ethical Research Standards Committee
• Karl Iagnemma MIT EmTech Presentation on autonomous vehicle safety
• Robert Caro's biography of Robert Moses, The Power Broker
• Campaign To Stop Killer Robots
• Teaching kids to "play nice" with robots - RoboPsych Podcast Ep. 60

Ep. 62 - Google Duplex

Show Notes

This week, Carla and Tom discuss the Google Duplex Assistant demo at Google I/O.

• Google I/O Duplex demonstration
• Google blog explaining Duplex technology
• Google answers questions about Duplex demo validity
• “The Most Human Human”
• Psychologist Gary Marcus on current AI and its prospects
• Second Google blog post on Duplex announcing that it's an AI
• AI-generated video
• RoboPsych Podcast: Humans Season 2, Episode 1
• "Humans" Season 3 Preview
• x.ai bot assistant
• Hiroshi Ishiguru
• “Sophia”
• Newly released male sex robot
• New Boston Dynamics “Spot” robot dog
• Phone recording regulations
• Contact us with questions or suggestions
• Google drops "Don't Be Evil" from corporate vision

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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

Show Notes

• IKEA Article
• Super Sad True Love Story
• Leave comments or survey answers on our Twitter or Facebook pages, or email us at either tom@RoboPsych.com or julie@RoboPsych.com 

Ep. 42 - Disney Robots

Tom and Dr. Julie Carpenter talk about the latest news of Disney filing a patent for a kind of soft robot for their theme parks.

• Send email to tom@RoboPsych.com for a chance to win a softcover copy of Sexbots, Killbots & Virtual Dogs: Essays on Ethics and Technology by Dr. Michael LaBossiere. Entrants must live in the US or Canada.
• Disney files robot patent application
• Full line up of proposed Disney robots
• Push Trashcan robot
• Astro Boy
• Baymax of Big Hero 6
• Bibendum, the Michelin Man
• Hanson Robotics
• Sophia robot on Jimmy Fallon Tonight show
• Julie’s chapter (Deus Sex Machina: Loving Robot Sex Workers, and the Allure of an Insincere Kiss) will appear in this forthcoming book, Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications
• Emotional Design, by Donald A. Norman
• Uncanny Valley
• Paro therapeutic robots
• Little girl mistakes hot water heater for robot
• Mountain View “engineer” assaults security robot

Show Notes

• Negative Attitude Towards Robots Scale - RoboPsych.com version
• AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol - Game 2, Move #37 (Video)
• Geek Therapy - Josué's podcast and blog network

Show Notes

• Welcoming Dr. Julie Carpenter as new co-host for RoboPsych Podcast
• Dr. Michael LaBoissiere Website
• Dr. LaBoissiere's latest book: Sexbots, Killbots & Virtual Dogs: Essays on Ethics & Technology
  • For a chance to win a paperback copy, send an email to tom@RoboPsych.com by Friday, April 14, 2017
• New Yorker article discussed in this episode: A.I. Versus M.D.: What Happens When Diagnosis is Automated?
• Frederick Taylor and Taylorism
• Stuart Dreyfus Novice to Expert Model
• RoboPsych Newsletter: AI as a service
• Kahneman and Klein: Conditions for Intuitive Expertise: A Failure to Disagree

Show Notes:

• Cindy'a TED presentation  
• Makelovenotporn.com
• Makelovenotporn.tv
• Sextech Wikipedia page
• AllTheSky Holdings website
• Cindy's email
• Sex and Robots: RoboPsych Podcasts
  • Dr. Julie Carpenter
  • Dr. Kathleen Richardson

Show Notes:

• AMC's Humans Website
• Jibo
• Affectiva
• March 25 report on Arizona Uber crash

Show Notes

• AMC's Humans Website

Show Notes: Aimee van Wynsberghe

• Dr. Van Wynsberghe's homepage
• Foundation for Responsible Robotics
• Electronic sex toy maker pays users for unauthorized data capture
• Emotion recognition company, Affectiva
• AI diagnoses depression from Instagram posts
• EU considers "electronic personhood" for AI
• Alpha Go makes unprecedented Go move (move #37 not 48)
• When Machines Go Rogue, article about unexplained airline crash 
• Susan Leigh Anderson on ethics in AI
• Robots Should Be Slaves - Joanna Bryson
• Facial recognition and race
• Cozmo robot
• Robohub
• Robobusiness

Show Notes:

• Patrick Meier - WeRobotics Drone Code of Conduct
• Wanda Holbrook killed by robotic device in factory 
• Karol Čapek's play, RUR, Rossum's Universal Robots
• HITCHbot
• 1927 file, Metropolis
• "When Machines Go Rogue" article on Sweden airline crash
• Gelatin robots
• Samantha, sex robot seeking pleasure

Show Notes

• Newspaper article about Dr. Fritz's class 

Show Notes

• Big Think - The Mind as Emergent, Self-Organizing System
• European Union document on "Electronic Citizens"

Show Notes: 

• AMC's Humans - Episode 4
• European Union Report on Electronic Citizenship for Robots

Humans, Season 2 Episode 3

• AMC's Website -  Episode 3
• European Parliament Report on AI, Ethics, and Electronic Personhood
• RoboPsych Podcast Ep. 27 - Dr. Julie Carpenter - Robots and Sexuality
• RoboPsych Podcast Ep. 28 - Dr. Kathleen Richardson - Campaign Against Sex Robots
• Josué Cardona - Geek Therapy Website

• RoboPsych Podcast - Humans Season 2 Episode 1
• Josué Cardona Website
• AMC's Humans Website - Episode 2
• Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics 

Humans - AMC Website

Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D. - February 1, 2017 - Show Notes

• Kathleen Richardson homepage
• Campaign Against Sex Robots
• Sex Dolls and Rape Culture - by Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D.
• Robots and ethics: the future of sex - TEDx Talk 
• Cindy Gallop - Wikipedia Page
• HyperNormalisation - Adam Curtis documentary
• Super Sad True Love Story - A novel by Gary Shteyngart

Julie Carpenter, Ph.D. Show Notes

• Dr. Carpenter’s website

• Dr. Carpenter’s previous RoboPsych Podcast interview on military use of robots

• Freud’s article, “The Uncanny”

• Dr. Kathleen Richardson’s Campaign Against Sex Robots

• Masahiro Mori’s “Uncanny Valley” 

• Dr. Carpenter’s TEDx talk: Humans + Robots: Dream Machines

Alain Kornhauser Podcast Show Notes - 01/04/17

• Dr. Kornhauser’s homepage
• Tesla May 7, 2016 fatal accident in Florida 
• Tesla December 26, 2016 anticipating accident on Autobahn 
• WAYMO, Alphabet’s Self-Driving Vehicle division
• Steve Mahan, a blind passenger, takes world’s first self-driving car ride
• Comma.ai, self-driving car start-up 
• Dr. Kornhauser’s Smart-Driving Cars Newsletter

Josué Cardona Show Notes - Episode 25

• Josué Cardona’s Website, Twitter, PsychTech Podcast
• Everett Rogers Diffusion of Innovation Model - Wikipedia
• Horace Dedieu Technology Adoption Article and Graph
• Sales Funnel - Wikipedia
• Black Mirror Episode - “Be Right Back” - Wikipedia
• J.A.R.V.I.S - “Just Another Very Intelligent Assistant” - From IronMan 
• Affectiva
• “Her” - Film - Wikipedia

Jenny Blake Show Notes - September 7, 2016

• Jenny Blake’s main page
• Pivotability Survey
• Fast Company article about Jenny 
• Books
  • Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One
  • Life After College
• Twitter: @jennyblake

Tim Hornyak Show Notes

A conversation with author Tim Hornyak about the impact of Japanese culture on that nation's approach and relationships with robots. 

• Tim’s book, Loving The Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots
• Astro Boy, aka Mighty Atom 
• Ironman 28, aka Tetsujin 28-go 
• Gundam robot in Tokyo park
• Pepper, by SoftBank Robotics
• Hotel Okura, Nagasaki robot-run hotel 
• Aibo, Sony’s robot dog 
• Uncanny valley
• Freud, The Uncanny, 1919 article 
• Big Hero 6, film and original comic
• Hiroshi Ishiguro, lifelike robot maker 
• The Buddha in the Robot, by Masohiro Mori

My guest this week is Kevin Kelly, author and Internet pioneer. We discuss his latest book, The Inevitable, and the implications of Artificial Intelligence.

• Kevin’s Homepage

• Kevin’s books on Amazon:
  • The Inevitable
  • What Technology Wants
  • Out of Control
  • Cool Tools, book and website/newsletter
  • The Silver Cord

Brian David Johnson Show Notes

• Brian’s Book: 21st Century Robot
• Brian’s Midwest Compute video on The Future of Technology
• Trossen Robotics Website: Jimmy The Robot
• Erector set
• John Markoff’s history of the PC revolution: What The Dormouse Said
• Big Five Personality Traits
• Brian’s firm: Frost and Sullivan
• IEEE Ethical Design of Autonomous Systems Committee Charter

Rana El-Kaliouby, Ph.D. Show Notes

• Rana El-Kaliouby - Wikipedia Page
• Rana named one of 25 Geniuses Who Are Creating The Future of Business by Wired 
• Affectiva - Corporate Website
• Rana - TED Talk
• Affdex - Emotion recognition software demo video

World renowned artist and thinker Tim Holmes join Tom for a lively discussion of artificial intelligence, robots and the "erotic crisis."

Tim Holmes Show Notes

• Tim Holmes - Website
• Tim Holmes - Wikipedia
• Tim Holmes - TEDx Talk
• Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
• Foundation for Responsible Robotics Homepage 
• Out of Our Heads by Alva Noë
• The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker

The University of Texas website describes Andrea Thomaz, Ph.D., thusly:

Shownotes:

From the University of Texas website:

“Andrea Thomaz is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.

Prof. Thomaz joined Texas Electrical and Computer Engineering in January 2016 after serving as an Associate Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2007-2016. She earned a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999, and Sc.M. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT in 2002 and 2006. 

Andrea is published in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Human-Robot Interaction. Her research aims to computationally model mechanisms of human social learning in order to build social robots and other machines that are intuitive for everyday people to teach.

Prof. Thomaz received an NSF CAREER award in 2010 and an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 2008. She was named to Popular Science magazine's Brilliant 10 List in 2012. In 2009, she was named to the MIT Tech Review Top Young Innovators Under 35.“

Links:

1. Dr. Thomaz’s UT webpage 
2. Google Scholar webpage
3. TED Talk
4. Dr. Thomaz’s book, Robot Learning From Human Teachers

Show Notes - Wendy Ju, Ph.D.

Wendy Ju's Website

The Stanford University website describes Dr. Wendy Ju this way:

“Wendy Ju is Executive Director of Interaction Design Research at Stanford University's Center for Design Research. She is also Associate Professor in the Graduate Design Program at California College of the Arts. Wendy's research investigates novel human-machine interaction, particularly human-robot interaction and autonomous car interfaces. Since receiving her PhD from Stanford in 2008, Wendy has been innovating curriculum at the intersection of technology, design and the arts. At CDR, Wendy aims to increase awareness and appreciation for the role of Design Research and to make the Bay Area the epicenter for design intellectualism and discourse.”

Aimee van Wynsberghe, Ph.D. Show Notes

• Aimee van Wynsberghe, Ph.D. Homepage
• Foundation for Responsible Robotics
• Designing Robots for Care, Science and Engineering Ethics journal article
• Healthcare Robots: Ethics, Design and Implementation, by Aimee van Wynsberghe, Amazon.com

Ben Brown Show Notes

This week I speak with Ben Brown of Howdy.AI, a Slack chatbot digital assistant. 

• XOXCO homepage
• Slack homepage
• Oxford future of employment study
• Agile software development method

Tom Guarriello, Ph.D.

John Havens Autonomous Vehicle Podcast Show Notes: 

• John C. Havens’s homepage
• MIT Technology Review, Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill
• Heartificial Intelligence
• Volvo statement about autonomous vehicle responsibility
• Tesla statement about Autopilot softwarenot making Tesla a self-driving car
• Should Self-Driving Cars Have to Pass Driver’s Tests?
• Affective computing
• John Deere lawyers say owners don’t own their tractors
• Kentucky drone shooting

Jenny Blake is an author, educator, consultant and former Googler who has written and spoken extensively about work and careers in the new economic world. She is deeply interested in how robots and AI will impact the work world. 

Jenny Blake Podcast Show Notes

• Oxford University future of employment affected by robots 
• Almost 90% of global workers are disengaged from their work
• Google hiring people without college degrees

Jenny Blake on The Internet:

• Jenny Blake’s main page

• Jenny's Books

  • Life After College
  • The Pivot Method
    
    
• Twitter: @jennyblake

Articles referenced:

• The Atlantic: A World Without Work
• The Guardian: Are Machines Making Humans Obsolete? (on the dawning of the "relationship age")
• Psychology Today: Job, Career or Calling: Key to Happiness and Meaning at Work?

Steve Omohundro RoboPsych Podcast Show Notes

This episode include spoilers for AMC's Humans.

• AMC Humans website, including free episodes
• Steve Omohundro website
• Mickey Mouse in “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”
• Jibo
• Pepper
• Eliza computerized psychotherapist
• Julie Carpenter, Ph.D. interview on RoboPsych Podcast
• School of Visual Arts, Master’s in Branding program
• The Hidden Persuaders, Vance Packard, 1957
• Kevin Kelly podcast on Tim Ferriss Show
• Population dynamics in 21st Century
• Future shock
• Psychodynamics of approach-avoidance conflicts
• South Korean autonomous turret weapon
• Faraday cage
• Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics

1. Complete survey and results.
2. Pictures: Robot 1 and Robot 2

Kate Darling Show Notes

1. “Who’s Johnny?” research paper, PDF on robots, framing and empathy
2. Heider & Simmel 1944, a study of interpersonal perception and attribution of human characteristics to objects
3. Peter Singer, The Most Good You Can Do, on living ethically
4. Personal Data New York City Meetup, June 4 - In-Home Robots and Personal Data
5. Lily Camera Drone
6. Boston Dynamics “Spot” testing video and CNN story entitled, Is it cruel to kick a robot dog?
7. The Hexbug Nano robot used in Kate Darling’s “Who’s Johnny?” research
8. Aldebaran’s Pepper robot
9. Jibo, a social robot
10. Why Google’s Robot Personality Patent Is Not Good for Robotics, by Kate Darling
11. Project VRM (Vendor Relationship Management) - at Harvard’s Berkman Center
12. We Robot Conference - especially papers by Kate Darling, Peter Asaro and Jason Millar
13. Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong - by Wendell Wallach
14. Kate Darling’s Twitter Page

An interview with author and speaker John C. Havens.

Show notes:

• Happy - The Movie
• Palantir - Data analysis systems
• Project VRM - Doc Searls's Vendor Relationship Management project
• acxiom - Data services
• The Cluetrain Manifesto by Weinberger, Locke, Searls and Levine
• The Intention Economy - by Doc Searls
• John C. Havens’ Mashable articles
• Our Final Invention - by James Barratt
• Steve Omohundro's Wikipedia page
• Sentient Technologies
• Sustainable Brands 
• Foxconn workers being replaced by robots
• The Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford 
• Universal Basic Income Wikipedia page
• Jibo, a social robot for the home
• Pepper, a social robot for the home 
• Affective, measuring human emotion
• Future of Life Institute
• Jason Millar and the AI "tunnel problem"
• Jaron Lanier - The Myth of AI
• Robots Are People, Too by John Frank Weaver
• Stuart J. Russell - AI scholar 
• John C. Havens - website

Robots, artificial intelligence, human-robot interaction, psychology

1. Julie Carpenter's Home Page
2. The TALON Explosive Ordnance Disposal device

Show Notes

This week, Tom interviews Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D., author of An Anthropology of AI and Robotics: Annihilation Anxiety and Machines.

• Dr. Richardson's De Montfort University homepage
• Jibo robot 
• Jimmy robot 
• Pepper robot 
• Baxter robot 
• Sawyer robot 
• Tesla self-driving software update
• Trolley problem ethical dilemma
• Kate Darling, Ph.D., robot ethicist

Show Notes:

1. Here's Carla Diana's website
2. Carla's bio
3. Simon the robot
4. Simon's cousin, Curi the robot
5. Baxter, trainable robot
6. Sawyer, Baxter's younger brother
7. Kismet, Wikipedia page
8. Dopey, from Snow White
9. Leo The Maker Prince, at Amazon.com
10. Leo objects on Thingiverse 
11. Shapeways, 3D printing website
12. Cooper Hewitt Museum Beautiful Users exhibition
13. Neato Botvac website
14. Talking, Walking Objects article by Carla in NYTimes
15. Smart Design website
16. University of Pennsylvania Course - Design of Contemporary Products: Smart Objects
17. Radiolab episode - Talking to Machines

Show Notes:

• Tery Spataro's writings on Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
• Tery's book, The Other Side of the Box, on Amazon
• Ben Goertzel YouTube video on achieving "a positive singularity" in nine years
• Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, on Amazon

Episode 2 Show Notes: 

• Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies article on human emotions and robots
• Darwin: Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals
• Eckman’s Six Emotions
• Masahiro Mori’s “uncanny valley” 
• Sigmund Freud: The Uncanny (1919)
• Elon Musk CNBC Interview
• Vicarious - Elon Musk investment
• Monty Python Spanish Inquisition skit!
• Jaron Lanier - Edge.org The Myth of AI
• Heider & Simmel (1944) Anthropomorphism study video
• Nick Bostrom: 2002 Existential Risk article
• Nick Bostrom: Superintelligence
• Bill Gates: Reddit AMA

Every era makes new psychological demands on the people living in them. In our time, robots are about to present us with a new set of challenges. We've imagined living with man-made creatures since Plato's time but we've never been as close to having those fantasies come to life as we are today.

A major question facing us all: how will I use these new tools effectively and achieve objectives I never could have achieved without them?

Answer: each of us must learn and practice the cognitive, emotional and behavioral RoboPsych competencies that enable successful utilization of these amazing new technologies. 

The RoboPsych Podcast is a new show dedicated to exploring the psychology of human-robot interaction. Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher and stop by RoboPsych.com for more information.