Synopsis
A podcast exploring the psychology of human-robot interaction.
Episodes
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Ep. 42 - Disney Robots
01/05/2017 Duration: 01h38sEp. 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
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Episode 41: Humans, Season 2, Episode 8 - Season finale with Josué Cardona
11/04/2017 Duration: 01h23minShow 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
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Episode 40: AI Diagnosticians? With new co-host, Dr. Julie Carpenter
10/04/2017 Duration: 01h05minShow 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
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Ep. 39: Humans, Robots, and Sextech with Cindy Gallop
06/04/2017 Duration: 01h43sShow 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
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Ep. 38: Humans, Season 2, Episode 7 With Josué Cardona (Re-Upload)
02/04/2017 Duration: 01h10minShow Notes: AMC's Humans Website Jibo Affectiva March 25 report on Arizona Uber crash
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Ep. 37 - Humans, Season 2, Episode 6 With Josué Cardona
30/03/2017 Duration: 01h14minShow Notes AMC's Humans Website
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Ep. 36: Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe on latest in robotics
27/03/2017 Duration: 50minShow 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
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Ep. 35: Dr. Julie Carpenter on "rogue AI robots" and more
22/03/2017 Duration: 58minShow 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
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Ep. 34 - Dr. Charles A. Fritz - Teaching high schoolers about robots
20/03/2017 Duration: 22minShow Notes Newspaper article about Dr. Fritz's class
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Ep. 33 - Humans, Season 2, Episode 5 with Josué Cardona
14/03/2017 Duration: 01h18minShow Notes Big Think - The Mind as Emergent, Self-Organizing System European Union document on "Electronic Citizens"
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Ep. 32 - Humans, Season 2, Episode 4 with Josué Cardona
07/03/2017 Duration: 01h14minShow Notes: AMC's Humans - Episode 4 European Union Report on Electronic Citizenship for Robots
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Ep. 31 - Humans, Season 2 Episode 3
28/02/2017 Duration: 01h10minHumans, 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
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Ep. 30 - Humans - Season 2 Episode 2
26/02/2017 Duration: 01h12minRoboPsych Podcast - Humans Season 2 Episode 1 Josué Cardona Website AMC's Humans Website - Episode 2 Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
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Ep. 29 - Humans - Season 2 Episode 1 With Josué Cardona
22/02/2017 Duration: 01h30minHumans - AMC Website
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Ep. 28 - Kathleen Richardson, Ph.D. - Campaign Against Sex Robots
01/02/2017 Duration: 58minKathleen 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
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Ep. 27 - Julie Carpenter, Ph.D. - Human-Robot Sexuality
13/01/2017 Duration: 01h12minJulie 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
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Ep. 26 - Alain Kornhauser, Ph.D. - Self-Driving Vehicles Update
05/01/2017 Duration: 01h08minAlain 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
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Ep. 25 - Josué Cardona: Tech Adoption Pace and Social Robots
05/12/2016 Duration: 01h11minJosué 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
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Ep. 24: Pivot, with Jenny Blake
07/09/2016 Duration: 56minJenny 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
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Ep. 23 - Tim Hornyak: Robots and Japanese Culture
01/09/2016 Duration: 58minTim 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