All episodes of Roboism

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Alex and Kathy catch up on Google's Gemini, Photoshop's AI features, and the latest period technology.

Published 03/18/24

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

Published 12/10/23

Tech Yak

Alex talks AI, gatekeeping, and Digital Miyazaki with friend of the show and developer advocate Jay Miller.

Published 10/31/23

I Really Want a Tote Bag

Alex gives Kathy a rundown of their cautious optimism for visionOS and how she's already creating a material, effective future by utilizing technology in her own unique way.

Published 09/21/23

Crystal Ball Calculator

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.)

Published 08/16/23

Stop Playing With the Pope

Kathy still hasn't used ChatGPT, but Alex remains optimistic about the bots. (Recorded March 2023 in a pre-visionOS world!)

Published 08/08/23

Car Penguin Tiger

Published 03/31/23

A Glass Cat

With the help of a calculator panda, the business unicorn breaks her silence.

Published 03/01/23

Get Those Yums

Alex and Kathy talked in December about Twitter. Hindsight sure is an interesting thing. They also celebrate no San Francisco Murder Bots, mourn the loss of the Mars Rover, and look forward to what might come next for the social Internet.

Published 01/30/23

The Human Version of Ninja Turtles

Kathy and Alex share their squishy thoughts about the viral sensation of AI avatars, independent art, open-source software, and the late great turtles.

Published 12/20/22

Children Need to Be Warned

Alex and Kathy discuss broken fingers, folding, and a fictosexual man in love with a hologram.

Published 08/24/22

Click Bight

Alex and Kathy might want robots to have rights and bodily autonomy, but it would be nice if humans had it as well.

Published 07/08/22

I Want the Chicken Nuggets

Alex and Kathy are convinced robots aren't coming to take our jobs...but they SHOULD be.

Published 06/01/22

Monday Morning Political Consultant

Published 05/12/22

Elongated Muskrat

Webster's dictionary defines "muskrat" as "an aquatic rodent of the U.S. and Canada with a long scaly laterally compressed tail, webbed hind feet, dark glossy brown fur and Twitter's agent of chaos.

Published 04/28/22

Tech Isn't Forgiving

Alex and Kathy go on Display.

Published 04/15/22

Titanic Salads

Alex and Kathy discuss why the TikTok bots continue to be in the midst of a period panic.

Published 03/31/22

Finger Dancing

Alex introduces intriguing new inputs as Kathy tears through a typing test.

Published 03/18/22

Not Bruno

Kathy and Alex are so here for Robot birds and British cyborgs, but they do NOT talk about Bruno.

Published 02/03/22

Rose, Thorn, and Bud

Kathy and Alex try to figure out the best ways for each of them to be a human in 2022.

Published 01/06/22

My Soul is Very Expensive

Kathy and Alex go meta on Meta's metaverse.

Published 11/16/21

Cardigan Karens

Kathy comforts Alex as they share their concerns (dread) around The Seattle Delivery Company turning into The Seattle Surveillance Company.

Published 11/02/21

Something Something Sherlock Joke

Alex and Kathy explore the media circus around Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, and black turtlenecks.

Published 09/22/21

A Forklift That Can't Outrun Humans

Alex and Kathy watch in horror as exploitative capitalism is used to soothe a man's ego with an expensive mannequin.

Published 09/08/21