Alex and Kathy catch up on Google's Gemini, Photoshop's AI features, and the latest period technology. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback What happened with Gemini image generation Google apologizes for ‘missing the mark’ after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis - The Verge Always Infinity Commercial - YouTube Amazon and iRobot agree to terminate pending acquisition - Jan 29, 2024 Haptic: Reaching Out to the Human Side of Tech Conduit FM | Cotton Bureau Support Roboism ..read more

Alex and Savannah talk about the end of the world and a theoretical Cyborg Olympics. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership The Boston Dynamics robot dog that can open a door is even more impressive than it looks. Spotify expands its AI arsenal for better music recommendations The Silicon Valley Summer Camp Trying To Save Us From Extinction Liftoff - Relay FM Every Olympian Is Kind of a Cyborg | WIRED Nike's AeroBlades Add Extra Tech to Canadian Athletics' Uniform Roboism (@roboismfm) | Twitter Alex Cox ? (@AlexCox) | Twitter Savannah Million (@savannahmillion) | Twit ..read more

This week, Alex tries tries (emphasis on tries) to adequately explain NFTs. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership VaccineFinder - Search for COVID-19 vaccine locations Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever - YouTube Lavazza Deciso Espresso Dark Roast Capsules Compatible with Nespresso Original Machines (Pack of 60) : Grocery & Gourmet Food Pocket Latte Coffee Bars | Energy Bar Made From Real Coffee Blockchain - Wikipedia Bitcoin - Wikipedia Ethereum - Wikipedia Non-fungible token (NFT) - Wikipedia Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold as an NFT for an oddly specific $2,91 ..read more

Alex and Savannah discuss whether or not we need air-conditioning, business scarves, and personal temperature regulators. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning? - The New York Times Who Is Neri Oxman? - The New York Times Neri Oxman: Design at the intersection of technology and biology | TED Talk Embr Wave Aircon Watch: The World's First Personal A/C Watch by Airconwatch — Kickstarter Roboism (@roboismfm) / Twitter ..read more

Savannah brings a smart toilet to Alex's attention, a backwards lady robot confronts the Polar Vortex, and there's a major update in the scoot scoot department. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership An Alexa in every home, a smart toilet under every butt | The Outline 2019 KOHLER® Konnect™ Smart Home Bathroom Products - YouTube “She Never Looks Back”: Inside Elizabeth Holmes’s Final Months at Theranos | Vanity Fair Simone Giertz - YouTube IFTTT helps your apps and devices work together Cold winter weather: Deadly storm batters Midwest, Chicago, East Chicago women who ..read more

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 Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback A primer on p(doom) : r/singularity p(doom) | the singularity is nearer Top AI researcher dismisses AI 'extinction' fears, challenges 'hero scientist' narrative | VentureBeat Microsoft joins OpenAI’s board with Sam Altman officially back as CEO - The Verge Sam Altman is back, so what’s next for Open ..read more

Alex talks AI, gatekeeping, and Digital Miyazaki with friend of the show and developer advocate Jay Miller. Guest Starring: Jay Miller Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback K. Jay Miller Microsoft Copilot Steve Ballmer - Web Developers - YouTube Conduit #59: Everything is Broken! - Relay FM About GitHub Llama 2 - Meta AI This bunch of grapes just sold for $11,000 in Japan | CNN Face Recognition Software Led to His Arrest. It Was Dead Wrong | WIRED Pregnant woman's arrest in carjacking case spurs call to end Detroit police facial recognition | AP News ..read more

This week Alex talks to guest host Trin Garritano about the possibilities fora solarpunk future! Guest Starring: Trin Garritano Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Trin Garritano Friendshipping! Quest Quest Q (Star Trek) - Wikipedia WALL·E (2008) - IMDb 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus: Charles C. Mann: 9781400032051: Amazon.com: Books Chicago DSA Sustainable Tourism: Lessons from Iceland | HuffPost Environment - Apple The Expanse (TV Series 2015– ) - IMDb Habibi (Pantheon Graphic Library): Craig Thompson: 9780375424144: Amazon.com: Books da sh ..read more

Subtitle: Hi Jill! 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 ..read more

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.) Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Submit Feedback Large language model - Wikipedia If you're unfamiliar with LLMs, the Wikipedia page is a great resource explaining the fancy jargon everyone's throwing around. The Problem with Jon Stewart - YouTube No, 50% of AI researchers don't believe there is a 10% risk that AI will kill us Hard Fork: The Bing Who Loved Me + Elon Rewrites the Algorithm on Apple Podcasts Hard Fork: T ..read more