The Artificial Podcast

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25: Andrew Bellavia | The Hearables Explosion and What It Means for Voice-First Nov 10, 2019

Show notes

Andrew Bellavia is the Director of Market Development for Knowles Corp., a leading acoustic solutions provider to the hearables, smart speaker, mobile, and IoT industries. He has been personally involved in supporting the development of many innovative hearable devices including those of Nuheara and Amazon, amongst others. Andrew is also an advocate for the role technology can play in addressing hearing loss, and in the practical use cases for voice in the coming hearables revolution. When not in the office he can usually be found running the roads of Northern Illinois and the world often photographing as he goes.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast Nick talks with Andy Bellavia about hearables technology and the impact that they are having on AI and Voice-First. Andy talks about what led him to get started in the hearables space and how hearables have evolved over time from simple hearing aids to devices like the Apple Airpods and the Amazon Echo Buds. Andy shares the history of Doppler and how their work ultimately led to the Echo smart speaker and the Echo Buds. Nick and Andy also talk about future use cases that involve hearables technology, as well as some current examples of how Airpods, Echo Buds, and Pixel Buds are starting to weave their way into people’s every day lives. Andy and Nick close this week’s episode by discussing the future of Voice-First and how the ‘Hearables Explosion’ is ushering in a new paradigm of Voice as a usable and useful technology.

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How to contact Andy:

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

Twitter: @AndyB_Knowles

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24: Collin Borns | Voice-First In The World of Startups and Venture Capital Nov 04, 2019

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Collin Borns has a background in institutional investment consulting and financial operations having recently worked in finance at Vaynermedia in Los Angeles, CA. Collin currently works as an associate with a venture capital fund that has a thematic focus in audio and voice called Voicepunch. Collin also runs a daily flash briefing on voice technology and its impact on business called Voicing Business. Collin is also the host of a new podcast called Voicing Startups that focuses on bringing awareness to startups that focus on audio and Voice-First technology.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with Collin Borns about Voice-First in the world of startups and venture capital. Nick and Collin talk about Collin’s daily flash briefing “Voicing Business” and why brands should still consider flash briefings in their overall marketing strategy. Collin talks about his recent work with Voicing Startups and provides some interesting insights into the growing Voice-First startup community. To wrap things up Nick and Collin dive into some ways that businesses can begin deploying Voice today, as well as what the next 5 years could look like for voice technology.

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How to contact Collin:

Twitter: @CollinBorns

Learn more about Voicing Business and Voicing Startups:

Voicing Startups: https://voicingstartups.com

Voicing Business: https://voicingbusiness.com

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-myers-0794/

Twitter: @therednickm

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Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com.

23: Artificial Intelligence in Pop Culture – Part 1 Oct 27, 2019

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In this week’s episode, Nick is once again joined by The Artificial Podcast’s editor and producer, Brett Brooks, as Nick kicks off a multi-part series on Artificial Intelligence in pop culture.

In Part 1, Nick and Brett talk about some of the most well-known examples of AI in pop culture such as the HAL 9000 from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, Skynet from The Terminator franchise, KITT from the popular 1980’s and late 2000’s television series Knight Rider, and Ava from the 2014 film Ex Machina. Each one of these examples holds their own in their depiction of Artificial Intelligence, and each has contributed in some way to most people’s current understanding of AI as we know it today.

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Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com.

22: The Top Myths of AI and Why You Have No Reason to Be Afraid Oct 20, 2019

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In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick decides to take a deep dive into some of the top AI myths and explains why you have no reason to be afraid of AI as a technology. Some of the top myths discussed include smartphones always listening to users, AI automating and outmoding jobs, the current state of AI’s intelligence, and the belief that AI is currently not impacting anyone.

By the end of this episode, we hope that many of your burning questions have been answered and that many of your fears have been calmed.

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Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com.

21: Bradley Metrock | Project Voice – Creating An Authentic Platform for The Voice-First Community Oct 13, 2019

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Bradley Metrock is the CEO of Score Publishing, the Executive Producer of Project VOICE, and the host of the This Week In Voice podcast that reaches thousands of people across the world that showcases guests/changemakers and discusses key topics in the Voice-First space.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick interviews Bradley Metrock of Score Publishing and the Founder and Executive Producer of the upcoming Project VOICE conference in Chattanooga, TN.

Whether you’re new to the Voice-First space or have been involved for a few years you most likely have either seen or have heard of Bradley’s work in the industry. Nick talks to Bradley about his rise to success in Voice-First, and how a simple internet in desktop publishing led Bradley to create an entire enterprise of Voice-First events and content. Bradley shares details about the upcoming Project VOICE conference that is anticipated to become one of the largest gatherings of Voice-First and AI professionals across the world. Nick and Bradley also discuss the current state of Voice-First what the future has in store when it comes to smartphones, smart speakers, multimodal interfaces, and SaaS platforms. Bradley also talks about his upcoming book More Than Just Weather & Music: 200 Ways To Use Alexa.

How to contact Bradley:

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

Twitter: @bmetrock

Learn more about Project VOICE:

Website: https://www.projectvoice.ai

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Twitter: @therednickm

Instagram: @therednickm

Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com.

20: The Top Five Coolest (and maybe a bit scary) Examples of Artificial Intelligence Oct 06, 2019

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In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast Nick is joined by our show’s editor and producer, Brett Brooks, to talk about the top five coolest (and maybe even a bit scary) examples of Artificial Intelligence in the world today (according to Nick).

Nick and Brett talk about different AI marvels such as Sophia, Adobe VoCo, DeepFake’s, Google Duplex, and the Microsoft Hololens with Neural Text-to-Speech. The best part is that all these technologies are available today in both consumer and enterprise settings. So, are you ready to learn about how the machines are already taking over? If so, then you don’t want to miss this week’s episode.

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Twitter: @therednickm

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Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com.

19: Aoife O’Connell | Using AI & Chatbots to Increase Human Connection Sep 29, 2019

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Aoife O’Connell is the Founder of Yarnly.ai, an Artificial Intelligence agency driven by HUMAN connection located in Sydney, Australia. Yarnly.ai helps businesses and humans’ position, build, and promote their brands with chatbots. Yarnly specializes in supporting SMB businesses by driving sales, service, and customer experience by applying the next generation of marketing, Chat Marketing, by building meaningful relationships with their customers 1:1 at scale with personality-driven automated conversations.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast Nick talks with Aoife O’Connell of Yarnly.ai about the role that Artificial Intelligence will play in how humans connect with one another in the future. Aoife shares her viewpoint on the current state of AI having come from a background in enterprise-level digital marketing. Aoife talks about her work with chatbots, specifically the Manychat platform, and how her agency has helped small to medium-sized businesses reinvent the way that they interact with their customers and core audiences. Nick and Aoife discuss the impact that AI and chatbots are having on creative roles within organizations, and how those who work in marketing departments can begin preparing for the next wave of how brands will ultimately be sharing content and interacting with consumers.

What do you want to learn about in the world of AI and Voice-First? Interested in becoming a guest? Send an email to Nick Myers at nick.myers@redfox-ai.com. Follow The Artificial Podcast on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/theartificialpodcast/

How to connect with Aoife:

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

Website: https://yarnly.ai/

Instagram: @yarnly.ai

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-myers-15290359/

Twitter: @therednickm

Instagram: @therednickm

Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com.

18: Stuart Crane | Unlocking The Power of Surveys on Voice-First Sep 22, 2019

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Stuart Crane is a software entrepreneur of 30+ years. Stuart began his career building database applications for businesses, and in 1993 co-founded a software company that ultimately became the de facto enterprise system for specialty pharmacies in the U.S. After the company was acquired 20 years later, in 2013, Stuart began working in the area of voice technologies.

Stuart is currently the Founder/CEO of Voice Metrics, a company that offers the only survey platform designed specifically for voice, SurveyLine, allowing organizations to build surveys to be taken by voice, on Alexa, Google Home/Assistant, and within iOS and Android mobile apps.

In this week’s episode, Nick chats with Stuart Crane from VoiceMetrics.io. Nick and Stuart talk about Stuart’s rise in the Voice-First space, and how Stuart went from building software to developing for Alexa. Stuart talks about one of VoiceMetrics’ signature products, SurveyLine, and how it is poised to change how brands collect survey data from customers and how people take surveys. Nick and Stuart also talk about the future of smart speakers, and the impact that privacy concerns are having on the Voice-First space.

How to connect with Stuart:

Website: www.stuartcrane.com

Email: stuart@stuartcrane.com

Twitter: @sdcrane

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-crane-11a2401/

Learn more about SurveyLine:

Website: www.surveysbyvoice.com

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-myers-15290359/

Twitter: @therednickm

Instagram: @therednickm

Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com.

17: Taking AI & Voice-First Abroad – Nick & Brett’s Adventures in Australia! Sep 16, 2019

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In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast Nick is joined by his show editor and producer (and CTO of RedFox AI) Brett Brooks to talk about their recent trip to Australia. Nick and Brett share how the opportunity to present about AI and Voice at the Social Media Marketing Summit came about, and why it’s so important to build a personal brand on social media. They also share some of their favorite memories from the trip and discuss how Australian’s perceive technologies like AI and voice assistants.

What do you want to learn about in the world of AI and Voice-First? Interested in becoming a guest? Send an email to Nick Myers at nick.myers@redfox-ai.com. Follow The Artificial Podcast on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/theartificialpodcast/.

Follow Nick On:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-myers-15290359/

Twitter: @therednickm

Instagram: @therednickm

Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com.

16: Andrew Butow | Artificial Intelligence: Our Inevitable Future Sep 08, 2019

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Andrew Butow is a Radical Change Coach who founded Earth2Mars to help people find their space in the universe and make a difference in the world. With over 15 years of personal, technology, and organizational change experience her brings together the best of business, consulting, design-thinking, and behavioral science to any challenge, big, small, or somewhere in between because everyone deserves a place in the future.

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick interviews Andrew Butow of earth2mars about technology, Artificial Intelligence, and how both are actively shaping our future with everyone taking part whether they realize it or not. Andrew talks about his work with Earth2Mars and how he is on a mission to help organizations and the leaders in them prepare for the future of work with Artificial Intelligence. Nick and Andrew discuss how everyone is actively taking part in the training and coaching of AI through social media, mobile apps, and voice assistant technology. Andrew shares his thoughts for the future and explains how anyone can start learning today about these technologies and prepare for our inevitable future.

How to connect with Andrew:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abutow1/

Instagram: @butowful

Learn more about Earth2Mars:

Website: https://earth2mars.com.au/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Earth2Mars2/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earth2marsoffical/

Follow Nick On:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-myers-15290359/

Twitter: @therednickm

Instagram: @therednickm

Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com.