The Artificial Podcast

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BREAK - Some Important Updates from The Artificial Podcast Apr 05, 2020

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We will be taking a brief break from publishing a new episode of The Artificial Podcast this week. We will be returning next week with a new solo episode featuring Nick and Brett sharing some updates on how emerging technologies like AI and Voice have been making a positive impact amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Nick also briefly shares some important Artificial Podcast updates that include information about our new social media channels, our new logo, and a call for sponsors as well as guest interviews.

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42: Tom Still | Silicon Wisconsin – The Midwest and the New Tech Hubs Mar 29, 2020

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Tom Still is the current President of the Wisconsin Technology Council. He is a former newspaper editor and currently writes for more than two-dozen publications. Tom also serves as a current member on the Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment, the UW System Business Council, the Badger Funds of Funds Limited Partners Advisory Committee, the Governor’s Special Committee on Autonomous and Connected Vehicles, and on advisory boards for the UW-Madison College of Engineering and WiSys Technology Foundation among other civic and business groups. Tom was a winner of the 2008 Madison Magazine Best of Madison Business award and was named to Madison InBusiness Magazine’s 2010 Executive Hall of Fame.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with Tom Still of the Wisconsin Technology Council about the rapid growth of technology investment starting to take place in Wisconsin and the Midwest. Tom shares how Wisconsin and other midwestern states are starting to climb the rankings of locations in the U.S where startups and larger tech companies are beginning to flourish. Nick and Tom also discuss the transformation of Madison, WI from a primarily ag focused city to one that is now considered to be one of the leading cities in the Midwest for tech startups and innovation. Tom also provides some insight into the future of emerging technology in general and explains why he views voice assistant technology as one of the most important pieces of emerging tech in this new decade.

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41: Kumar Rangarajan & Vinayak Jhunjhunwala | Any App Can Be Voice-First Mar 22, 2020

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Kumar Rangarajan is the Co-Founder and the Obsessive Dictator at Slang Labs. Prior to Slang Labs Kumar was the Co-Founder of Little Eye Labs which was acquired by Facebook. His software career spans multiple decades having worked with companies like GE, HP, Rational, S7, and most recently Facebook. Vinayak Jhunjhunwala heads marketing at Slang Labs which is a voice tech company headquartered in Bangalore that focuses on helping businesses add voice inside their mobile and web apps. He has completed extensive user research on the importance of voice for getting the next billion users online. He also blogs about the importance of voice on Medium and has spoken at various events and conferences in the importance of voice for the next one billion people.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with Kumar Rangarajan and Vinayak Juhnjuhnwala of Slang Labs. Kumar shares how he founded his first company, Little Eye Labs, and ultimately what prompted Little Eye Labs to become acquired by Facebook. Vinayak talks about his journey through the voice-first space, and why he believes Voice is the next frontier in how people will be engaging with technology, specifically apps. Kumar and Vinayak also dive into their current work at Slang Labs and how they are making it possible for any app to leverage the power voice assistant technology.

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Learn more about Slang Labs: https://slanglabs.in/

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40: Rafiki Cai | How to Empower the World Through Emerging Technology Mar 15, 2020

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Rafiki Cai is a veteran technologist of over 25 years with a proven commitment to the empowerment of communities through the democratization of technology; particularly through comprehension, cultural affinity, and access. His tech career has spanned from being a journalist covering the nascent World Wide Web for national media to being the co-founder of a Washington D.C. based technology 501(c)3 organization. He has been a sought-out and trusted technology architect from Capitol Hill to Hollywood to Silicon Valley. He currently serves as CTO of the NGO Friends of The Congo. In that capacity, it is his charge to serve as a technology ambassador; accessing resources and building relationships on behalf of everyday people in the Democratic Republic of The Congo.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with Rafiki Cai of Friends of The Congo. Rafiki shares his journey through the last few decades of technology being at the forefront of technologies like the internet and mobile, and how he was able to work with notable congressional leaders in Washington D.C. and social movement leaders like Rev. Jesse Jackson. Rafiki dives into why he thinks voice assistant technology will be the next massive shift for technology as we know it, and why it is important to make sure Voice remains accessible to people around the world. Rafiki also talks about his work with Friends of The Congo and how he is trying to give an opportunity to women and children in the DRC to learn to build voice apps.

39: Coronavirus – An Outbreak in the Age of Technology Mar 08, 2020

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In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick and Brett talk about the new Coronavirus that is responsible for causing COVID-19 that has infected over 100,000 people around the world since December of last year. Due to a large amount of media hype and misinformation that has produced mass hysteria around the world in recent weeks, Nick and Brett focus on sharing only the facts to help educate everyone about what coronaviruses are, how they work, how the COVID-19 outbreak began, and the symptoms and illness associated with the new disease. Nick and Brett also discuss how the COVID-19 outbreak is the first global viral outbreak to occur in the age of technology and share some different examples of how new and emerging technologies like AI and IoT have helped to combat and mitigate the spread of the virus. To wrap things up. Nick and Brett compare COVID-19 to other serious illnesses and outbreaks that have occurred throughout human history to put the current outbreak into perspective.

*Please note that every fact shared in this episode was obtained from the U.S Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Chinese Centres for Disease Control & Prevention (CCDC). Nick and Brett are NOT certified medical professionals and do not offer medical advice outside of what has been stated by the CDC and WHO. All opinion comments made outside of the facts presented are purely subjective in nature.

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38: Dr. Teri Fisher | The Intersection of AI, Voice, and Healthcare Mar 02, 2020

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Dr. Teri Fisher is a Sports Exercise Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. He is the founder of Voice First Health, the leading podcast about the intersection of Voice-First technology and healthcare. He is also the founder of Alexa in Canada, the leading Amazon Alexa resource for Canadians. He is an award-winning TEDx and keynote speaker, Amazon Alexa Champion, educator, consultant, podcaster, and briefcaster who loves sharing his excitement for and passion for artificial intelligence and voice-first technology. He is the host of the weekly “Voice First Health” and “Alexa in Canada” podcasts, and the daily “Voice in Canada” Flash Briefing which is the #1 rated Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing and News Skill in Canada.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with Dr. Teri Fisher about all things Alexa Flash Briefings/Briefcasting and the intersection between AI, Voice, and healthcare. Teri shares what got him into creating his Alexa Flash Briefing and how he was able to teach himself everything he knows about Voice and briefcasting in such a short period of time. Teri talks about how he created his top-rated Voice in Canada Flash Briefing and the Alexa in Canada podcast that ultimately led to the publishing of his new book Voice Technology in Healthcare. Teri also shares some tried and true tips, tactics, and strategies on how anyone who is interested in creating and starting their own Alexa Flash Briefing can do so in no time at all. Lastly, Nick and Teri talk about Teri’s vision for the future of healthcare in an AI and Voice powered world where Alexa or Google Assistant could very well be your on-call personal physician.

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Learn more about Alexa in Canada: https://alexaincanada.ca/

Learn more about Voice First Health: https://voicefirsthealth.com/

Learn more about the Voice in Canada Flash Briefing: https://briefcast.fm/flash-briefings/voice-in-canada/

Enable the Coronavirus Doc Alexa Skill: https://amzn.to/2Tb3oed

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37: Bret Kinsella | Voicebot.ai and An Analysis of Voice Tech Feb 23, 2020

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Bret Kinsella is the CEO and Founder of Voicebot.ai, the leading source of research, data, analysis, and news related to the voice and AI industries. Bret was named Commentator of The Year by the Alexa Conference in 2019 and both Voice AI Journalist of The Year and Commentator of The Year by Project Voice in 2020. He frequently keynotes at technology conferences in the U.S and Europe and has appeared as a guest columnist for Harvard Business Review, USA Today, and VentureBeat. Bret is also a practitioner in voice strategy and voice app design for Fortune 500 companies and has in-depth experience with Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with the one and only Bret Kinsella of Voicebot.ai about how Voicebot.ai came to be and about Bret’s journey as one of the leading analyst’s in voice tech. Bret shares what it has been like building and growing Voicebot.ai, and how his background working with Voice on mobile in 2013 helped him to build a solid foundation for understanding voice tech and the market trends associated with it. Nick and Bret also talk about the state of the voice tech industry in 2020, and how the industry itself is currently in a pivotal moment of growth and hurdles, that if overcome, will help set the stage for the future of the technology over the next decade and beyond.

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Learn more about Voicebot.ai: https://voicebot.ai/

Learn more about The Voicebot Podcast: https://voicebot.ai/voicebot-podcasts/

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36: Gaurav Mishra | Solving Problems for Enterprise With Voice Feb 16, 2020

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Gaurav has an 11+ years’ accomplished career track in building enterprise partnerships. He currently heads Sirjan’s U.S operations and is involved in delivering and sustaining revenue and profit gains in highly competitive U.S and Asian markets. Prior to Srijan, Gaurav built and sold two successful internet media ventures. He as a deep understanding of evolving technology trends, their impact on enterprises, and how to leverage them to create compelling solutions. Gaurav is especially attuned to the developing voice-tech space and helping several global firms across industries find opportunities to leverage voice-tech.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with Gaurav Mishra about voice-tech and how enterprise can best deploy the technology to help solve real problems internally or for their customers. Gaurav talks about what it has been like building and selling two different internet startup companies, and how the failures he experienced in the past have helped him to become more efficient leading business development for Srijan. Gaurav also provides some advice to voice-tech startup founders, and why every solution that any voice company provides at this stage must solve a problem for enterprise-level companies and consumers.

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Website: www.gmishra.com

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35: Charles Reed Anderson | Smart Cities: The Cold Hard Facts Feb 10, 2020

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Charles is a globally recognized IoT, Smart Cities, PropTech & Connectivity industry thought leader who has presented at over 200 industry events. His company CRA & Associates provides technology and vendor-agnostic advice to governments, enterprises, and technology vendors on how to successfully navigate the increasingly complex technology solution ecosystem. With over 25 years of experience, Charles’ in-depth knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of emerging technologies and solutions vendors, combined with his understanding of the market demand allows him to separate industry HYPE from REALITY. Charles is the host of the TechBurst Asia podcast, is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company on IoT and sits on the Advisory Boards of technology and start-ups and the Global Organization of Smart Cities initiative.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with Charles Reed Anderson of CRA & Associates about “Smart Cities” and their growing popularity around the world. Charles provides the cold hard facts about what a smart city is, what it is not, and what he thinks cities who strive to be a smart city must do in order to ensure they are actually meeting and embodying the “Smart City” designation. Nick and Charles also talk about the impact that emerging tech like AI, IoT, Blockchain, Voice, etc. is going to have on smart city development over the next decade and vice versa.

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CRASingapore

Website: https://charlesreedanderson.com/

Learn more about the TechBurst Asia Podcast and take a listen: https://charlesreedanderson.com/techburst-asia-podcast/

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34: More Cool (yet somewhat terrifying) Examples of Artificial Intelligence Feb 02, 2020

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In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick is joined once again by Brett Brooks to talk about some more cool (yet somewhat terrifying) examples of Artificial Intelligence. Nick and Brett talk about things like Deep Whisper which helps decipher EVP recordings, Wikipedia deploying AI bots that began to argue with one another until infinity, Facebook chatbots developing their own language, and Nadine Social Robot that can recognize and understand human emotion.

Links to examples:

Facebook Chatbots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONPqeHJShdQ&t=80s

Nadine Social Robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usif8BOBHgA

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