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A podcast series asking questions about artificial intelligence and the impact it's having on the world around us. Join us on our AI journey. Hosted by Kevin Butler and Peju Oshisanya Produced by Laura Robinson Theme music by Michael O'Reilly Supported by We and AI
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December 18, 2020
<p><strong>Join Kevin and Peju as they head off on a festive adventure, asking a number of AI experts the crucial holiday question: how can AI help Santa Claus?</strong></p> <p><strong>We’ll be investigating the power of AI to create (bad) holiday films, strange Christmas carols, and lots of Yuletide magic. However and wherever you’re celebrating the season, this episode will lift your spirits and bring you some good cheer!</strong></p> <p><strong>References:</strong></p> <p>Peju spoke about a neural network that researchers at the University of Toronto taught to write a Christmas carol: <a href="https://digg.com/video/ai-christmas-carol"><u>https://digg.com/video/ai-christmas-carol</u></a></p> <p>Kevin mentioned a team at MIT who used an algorithm called textgnrnn to create titles and plots for Christmas films. Find out more about it here: <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/12/21/138169/we-tried-teaching-an-ai-to-write-christmas-movie-plots-hilarity-ensued-eventually/"><u>https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/12/21/138169/we-tried-teaching-an-ai-to-write-christmas-movie-plots-hilarity-ensued-eventually/</u></a></p> <p><strong>Special holiday thanks to our contributors:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Louis Columbus<br> </li> <li>Helen Gould<br> </li> <li>Dr Robert Elliott Smith<br> </li> <li>Deepak Paramanand<br> </li> <li>Phillip Hunter<br> </li> <li>Brhmie Balaram<br> </li> <li>Eline Chivot<br> </li> <li>Umang Patel<br> </li> <li>Saint Nicholas was voiced by Harry Burton: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123593/"><u>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123593/<br> </u></a></li> <li>Our festive backing music is by Linda Seeley; <a href="https://lindakseeley.wixsite.com/lindakseeley"><u>https://lindakseeley.wixsite.com/lindakseeley<br> </u></a></li> </ul> <p>This episode was co-produced by Laura Robinson and Kevin Butler</p> <p>Hosts: Kevin Butler and Peju Oshisanya</p> <p>Sound engineer: Michael O'Reilly</p> <p>Jingle written by: Michael O'Reilly</p> <p>This podcast has been produced by an independent partner of We and AI and may not represent the views or practices of We and AI as an organisation, or that of its members.</p>
November 23, 2020
<p><strong>In this special episode of ‘Investigating the Invisible’, we’re sitting down to interview Phillip Hunter, an expert in conversational AI and one of the brilliant minds behind Amazon’s Alexa.</strong></p> <p><strong>Phillip’s been working in the field of conversational AI for 25 years. He was formerly Head of User Experience at Amazon Alexa Skills, and now he’s embarking on his own conversational AI venture called CCAI.</strong></p> <p><strong>That means he’s the perfect person to chat to about all things conversational AI.</strong></p> <p><strong>And Kevin and Peju have come armed with plenty of questions, which have been submitted by members from across the We and AI group. Join us, as we find out:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Why is Alexa called Alexa?</strong></li> <li><strong>Is Alexa always listening?</strong></li> <li><strong>What counts as conversational AI?</strong></li> <li><strong>What does talking to AI mean for the future of communication?</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>So, forget about asking Alexa: pull up a chair, and get ready to ask Phillip.</strong></p> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p>Phillip mentions two books:</p> <p>Talk: The Science of Conversation, by Elizabeth Stokoe — a social psychologist explores language, conversation and communication from a scientific perspective</p> <p>Because Internet, by Gretchen McCulloch — a discussion of the way the internet is changing the English language</p> <p>Peju talks about Alexa usage rates increasing during lockdown, and there is statistical evidence of that: according to <a href="https://www.voxlydigital.com/post/time-to-shine-alexa-getting-the-uk-through-isolation"><u>a survey by Voxly Digital </u></a>in April 2020, 3 in 5 users agreed that their voice-assistant is helping them get through isolation (however, it is worth noting that Voxly Digital produce apps for Amazon Alexa and Google assistant).</p> <p>By the end of the episode you might even be questioning Kevin and Peju. For example when talking about male versus female voice assistants, are we stuck in thinking that a machine should have the characteristics of a human, and how dangerous is it to project human attributes on them? Should voice assistants be gender neutral, and should we stop thinking of them as versions of ourselves? Find out more about this issue on our blog: <a href="https://weandai.org/blog/"><u>https://weandai.org/blog/</u></a></p> <p>ENDS</p> <p><br></p>
November 23, 2020
<p>In this episode, Kevin and Peju explore the way artificial intelligence is changing the world of work.</p> <p>We’ve all seen the headlines promising mass unemployment due to AI — but how realistic are these concerns? How will AI impact who is hired and who isn’t? And what does the future workplace look like when our colleagues are algorithms?</p> <p>Join us as we put these questions (and many more) to our experts, Deepak Paramanand and Jeff Wellstead.</p> <p>Deepak is Product Lead at Hitachi Europe, and former Senior Product Manager at Microsoft.</p> <p>Jeff Wellstead has had an incredible 25-year career as a HR leader, helping organisations across investment banking, consulting and technology prepare for rapid growth.</p> <p>Together, they’ll share their insight on AI and jobs, so you can work out the questions you need to be asking about this crucial topic.</p> <p>If you enjoy this episode, make sure to rate, review and subscribe, so you can join us on the next stage of our journey to investigate the invisible.</p> <p><strong>References:</strong></p> <p>The news headlines mentioned in this episode are:</p> <ul> <li>‘<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-job-loss-risk-ai-robots-artificial-intelligence-technology-bank-england-andy-haldane-a8498901.html"><u>Bank of England</u></a> economist warns thousands of UK jobs at risk from robots and AI’ published in the Independent, Monday 20th August 2018</li> <li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/cognitiveworld/2018/08/07/job-loss-from-ai-theres-more-to-fear/#4a6fbdf023eb"><u>Job Loss From AI</u></a>? There's More To Fear!, Forbes.com Aug 7, 2018</li> <li><a href="https://insights.dice.com/2019/11/21/a-i-unemployment-cities-impact/"><u>A.I. and Unemployment</u></a>: Which Cities Face Biggest Impact, Dice.com November 21, 2019</li> </ul> <p><strong>Notes on the Amazon case study</strong></p> <p>The software was created by a team at Amazon’s Edinburgh office in 2014 as a way to automatically sort through CVs and select the most ‘talented’ applicants.</p> <p>But the algorithm taught itself to favour male candidates over female ones</p> <p>The problem seemed to have been caused by bad data. The system was trained on data submitted by applicants over a 10-year period – most of which came from men.</p> <p>It was started in 2014 and scrapped by Amazon in 2015 — so five years ago rather than 6 as Kevin said.</p> <p>You can find out more about the Amazon here: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight-idUSKCN1MK08G"><u>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight-idUSKCN1MK08G</u></a></p> <p><strong>21 jobs of the future</strong></p> <p>The article we were talking about was the ‘21 HR jobs of the future’ published in August 2020 in the Harvard Business Review</p> <p>Authors are Rob Brown from the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work and Jeanne Mesiter who is the Managing Partner of Future Workplace — both organisations that deal in predicting the future of jobs.</p> <p>Find the article here: <a href="https://www.cognizant.com/whitepapers/21-jobs-of-the-future-a-guide-to-getting-and-staying-employed-over-the-next-10-years-codex3049.pdf"><u>https://www.cognizant.com/whitepapers/21-jobs-of-the-future-a-guide-to-getting-and-staying-employed-over-the-next-10-years-codex3049.pdf</u></a></p> <p><strong>McKinsey study</strong></p> <p>Kevin mentions a <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/skill-shift-automation-and-the-future-of-the-workforce#"><u>Mckinsey stud</u></a>y, Skill shift: Automation and the future of the workforce</p> <p><br></p> <p>For more information about the issues discussed in this episode, take a look at our blog post on: <a href="https://weandai.org/blog/"><u><strong>https://weandai.org/blog/</strong></u></a></p> <p><br></p>
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A podcast series asking questions about artificial intelligence and the impact it's having on the world around us.
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