Machine minds is a podcast exploring how technology is reshaping our relationships with our bodies, minds and each other. We’ll be drawing on new research from human computer interaction, sociology, psychology, economics, and law. The series will tackle topics including stereotypes and search engines, chatbots and childhood, and antagonistic algorithms. We’ll be interviewing researchers, activists and people whose day-to-day lives are being changed by technology in dramatic and subtle ways. ...
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Series 1 Episode 2: Robot therapists
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In this episode we look at how the history of artificial intelligence is intertwined with psychotherapy, and how a range of new technologies aim to simulate therapeutic conversations.Af Machine Minds
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Series 1 Episode 1: Search engine bias
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Did you know that if you do an image search for 'person' the results contain twice as many men as women?In this episode we investigate why this is the case by looking at bias and how it has permeated our online world, and in particular, search engines. Search engines now have the power to influence how we see the world, guiding us towards some cont…
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