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66: Lauren Johnson | Alexa Is A Human and The Fight Against Bullying Oct 25, 2020

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Lauren Johnson is the founder of the Alexa Is A Human campaign. Lauren decided to start Alexa Is A Human after experiencing the negative impacts of Amazon’s choice to utilize a human name as the word for their Alexa voice assistant. Lauren is an avid supporter of voice assistant technology and the benefits that such technology will afford us all, however, Lauren’s goal is to also draw awareness to how something as simple as naming a piece of technology “Alexa” can lead to pain and bullying for so many children (and adults) all around the world. Part of Lauren’s mission with Alexa Is A Human is to share her story and be the voice for so many others who are currently experiencing the negative effects of the Alexa wake word.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with Lauren Johnson of the Alexa Is A Human campaign about how Amazon’s choice to name their voice assistant “Alexa” has affected thousands of girls and women around the world. Lauren explains how she was influenced to start this campaign and shares stories about how her own daughter has been consistently bullied having the same name as the Alexa voice assistant. Nick and Lauren talk about how the Alexa Is A Human movement has grown, as well as discuss how technology professionals can work to prevent similar mistakes from being made in the future.

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Website: https://alexaisahuman.com/

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65: Michal Stanislawek | #VoiceLunch and The Power of Community Building Oct 18, 2020

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Michal Stanislawek is the Co-Founder of Utter.One, a voice experience agency. Michal also co-founded and helps organize #VoiceLunch – a global initiative to bring the voice technology community closer together. He is also the Head of Product for MediaAtomos which delivers low-latency broadcast-quality live videos across the globe. Michal has almost 20 years of professional experience creating strategies and products for the internet and broadcast video, as well as media asset management and workflow systems. In the early days of his career, he was involved in building developer communities for which he was recognized as an MVP by Microsoft. Recently, his focus has shifted to creating voice experiences and helping marketers develop strategies for the use of Voice in business.

The Artificial Podcast returns this week featuring Michael Stanislawek of #VoiceLunch and Utter.One. Michal shares the origin story behind #VoiceLunch and how the simple idea of getting together with a few professionals in the voice tech industry via Zoom evolved into a weekly global event series that now takes place in multiple countries and regions. Michal talks about his passion for AI and voice technology, and why he strongly believes in the concept of community building to help bring other people together with the same passion to share ideas and learn from one another. Nick and Michal also talk about Michal’s work at Utter.One, and how Michal is working to revolutionize how people search for information within internet media by using their voice.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/xmstan

Email: michal@utter.one

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BREAK - Busy Behind The Scenes Oct 11, 2020

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There will be no new episode of The Artificial Podcast this week. Nick and Brett have been busy behind the scenes working on RedFox AI and their new BlueFox Box project. However, this is a great opportunity for you to check out some of our older episodes that you may not have had a chance to take a listen to yet. We will be back next week will an all-new episode featuring Michael Stanislawek of Utter.One and Voice Lunch.

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64: Bobby Bryant | DOSS and The Next Evolution of Voice Assistants Oct 04, 2020

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Bobby Bryant is the CEO of DOSS, a prop-tech company that’s democratizing the real estate industry via a fair-price digital real estate brokerage that’s developing a voice-activated intelligent assistant built into a proprietary real estate search and transaction platform. DOSS empowers any buyer, renter, or seller to ask any question about property in the world to get accurate, easy, and instant answers 24/7. Architecturally built on an intelligent-interface, consumers are able to access everything that there is to know about a particular property by speaking, texting, or typing their questions into any desktop, smart speaker, and smartphone to search, schedule property tours, digitally submit offers, negotiate price, and much more.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with Bobby Bryant of DOSS about how the DOSS platform is giving a voice to the real estate industry (literally) and the next evolution of intelligent voice assistants. Bobby shares how he has been working on developing the DOSS voice assistant from idea to product since 2011, and why he thinks the real estate industry is primed to be disrupted by a “do machine” like DOSS. Nick and Bobby talk about the potential for future Voice-as-a-Service business models, and what it has been like building a voice technology-focused startup. Nick and Bobby also talk about the next evolution of intelligent voice assistants and why there soon will be an ecosystem of hundreds (if not thousands) of individual voice assistants solving specific problems for specific industries.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-bryant-53249610/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/realbobbybryant

Email: bobby@askdoss.com

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Website: http://askdoss.com/#/

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63: Vicki Cantrell | Using Technology to Transform the Customer Experience Sep 27, 2020

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Vicki Cantrell is a retail strategist, community builder, former COO and CIO in the retail industry, and is recognized for relationship building and accelerated growth. Along with co-founding the Vendors in Partnership (VIP Awards), her most recent venture is Vendors in Partnership LLC, with the mission of celebrating strong partnerships between retailers and the support ecosystem. She is also a managing board member of the Open Voice Network, an industry group dedicated to bringing the value of open, standards-based voice assistance enterprise and the world as Voice reshapes consumer behavior. Vicki has previously held senior leadership roles in IT, marketing, and operations for brands and organizations such as Aptos, the National Retail Federation, Tory Burch, Giorgio Armani Corporation, Gucci Group, Party City, and JC Penney. Vicki is an active member of the Retail Orphan Initiative, is on the Advisory Board of sparks & honey, and is a board member of Tandy Leather Company.

In this week’s episode, Nick chats with Vicki Cantrell of Vendors in Partnership about using technology to transform the customer experience. Vicki shares what it has been like to work in a wide variety of roles throughout her career in some of the world’s largest fashion retailers and brands, as well as how those experiences have shaped her views on new technology and how it should be used to enhance the customer experience. Vicki and Nick talk about how emerging technologies like AI and Voice are already having an impact, and how retailers have just begun to scratch the surface on being able to hyper-personalize the customer experience for every unique customer.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickicantrell/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmcantrell

Email: vicki@vendorsinpartnership.com

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62: Roger Kibbe | Intelligent Voice Assistants: Where We Are Today and Where We're Headed Sep 20, 2020

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Roger Kibbe is a Senior Developer Evangelist for Viv Labs, the engine behind Samsung’s Bixby 2.0. As a developer evangelist, Roger gets developers excited about building amazing new AI and voice experiences using Bixby. Roger has over 20 years of experience leveraging technology for strategic business advantage. Prior to Viv Labs, Roger founded both a voice product startup and a voice consulting firm. Roger also spent many years leading Omnichannel technology strategy for GAP Inc. while also gaining valuable experience in technology consulting.

In this week’s episode, Nick chats with Roger Kibbe of Viv Labs about the current state of intelligent voice assistants like Bixby, Alexa, and Google Assistant and where he thinks the technology is ultimately headed. Roger also talks about what it has been like to work with Adam Cheyer who is one of the leading experts in today’s voice technology industry. Nick and Roger also dive into the importance of focusing on the human experience of designing voice applications and why it is the most important piece to the voice tech puzzle. Roger also shares where he thinks voice technology is headed and his vision of a world where intelligent voice assistants understand context and help us solve real-world problems.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/rogerkibbe

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe/

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61: Lawrence Lin | Voice and IoT: China’s Next Tech Boom Sep 13, 2020

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Lawrence is the International Affairs Coordinator for the China Netcasting Service Association (CNSA). CNSA is China’s industry association for voice-first content and the voice-tech industry. He is an advocate for voice-first applications in the Chinese market. Lawrence also helps support international voice-tech companies that launch and choose to develop their businesses in China. Lawrence’s goal is to help bridge the gap between the voice-tech ecosystems of the East and the West to help foster an international and interconnected voice-tech market.

In this week’s episode, Nick chats with Lawrence Lin of the CNSA about the rise of voice technology in China and the impact that is it having across the country. Lawrence shares some great statistics and facts on the current state of voice tech in China and offers some insight into how he thinks companies like Alibaba, Baidu, and Xiaomi will evolve their voice assistant platforms over time. Lawrence and Nick also talk about some interesting voice tech use cases in China that include helping people be more aware of how to recycle properly, and even voice-activated elevators that are in the early stages of public testing. Lawrence also talks about the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on voice tech in China and how he sees both Voice an IoT evolving as a result.

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Email: Lawrence.lin@cnsaaudio.org.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencelin01/

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60: The History of Artificial Intelligence – Part II Sep 06, 2020

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In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick and Brett dive deeper into the history of Artificial Intelligence following up from our previous episode The History of Artificial Intelligence – Part I. Nick and Brett talk about the history of AI from 1974 – 2020 discussing the first AI winter, the second AI boom, the second AI winter, AI’s revival and renaissance in the late 1990s and 2000s, and the age of cloud computing, deep learning, and big data that resulted in the formation of AI as we know it today at the start of the 2020s. Some discussion highlights include Expert Systems, the concept of “Intelligence”, Moore’s Law, and big data.

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59: Brian Roemmele | Intelligence Amplification and The Future of Technology Aug 30, 2020

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Brian Roemmele is the consummate Renaissance man. He is a scientist, researcher, analyst, connector, thinker, and doer. More than anything, Brian is an observer of the world, asking questions, and following his seemingly infinite curiosity to the root of an outstanding variety of issues. Over the long, winding arc of his career, Brian has built and run payments and tech businesses, worked in media, including the promotion of top musicians, and explored a wide variety of other subjects along the way. Brian actively shares his findings and observations across publications such as Forbes, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Slate, Business Insider, Daily Mail, Gizmodo, Medium, and Quora.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with the one and only Brian Roemmele who is one of the world’s leading futurists and thought leaders on voice technology and its potential applications. Brian shares his thoughts about why he believes humans will never be able to successfully create AI, and why instead he is focusing his efforts on what he calls “Intelligence Amplification” instead. Brian talks about the importance of wisdom in human society and why finally over the next few decades technology will reach a point to help us capture every aspect of our daily lives to create our personal “wisdom keepers” that can be passed down through generations. Nick and Brian also talk about the future of voice technology and what’s in store for both the technology and the industry over the next few years.

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