Should This Exist?
By WaitWhat
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Description
It's the question of our times: How is technology impacting our humanity? "Should This Exist?" invites the creators of radical new technologies to set aside their business plan, and think through the human side: What is the invention’s greatest promise? And what could possibly go wrong? Show host Caterina Fake (Partner, Yes VC; Cofounder Flickr) is a celebrated tech pioneer and one of Silicon Valley’s most eloquent commentators on technology and the human condition. Joined by a roster of all-star expert guests who have a knack for looking around corners, Caterina drops listeners into the minds of today’s ingenious entrepreneurs and guides them through the journey of foreseeing what their technology might do to us, and for us. Should This Exist? is a WaitWhat original series in partnership with Quartz.
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CleanAffectiva: Software that detects how you feel | What if your computer had an "emotion chip" — AI that could read the expression on your face (or the tone in your voice) and know how you’re feeling? Could online courses teach you better if they knew when you were bored or confused? Could your car help you stay awake if you drift off when driving? These are the questions Rana El-Kaliouby asked when she built an AI tool that examines every micro-muscle in the human face to detect universal emotions — happiness, fear, grief, disgust. Through her company Affectiva, Rana wants to make technology more human, which she believes will serve us better. But if put the wrong hands, could this emotion-reading engine take advantage of us at our most vulnerable moments? Could our inner thoughts be displayed publicly if we don’t want them to be? How might advertisers exploit us if they are able to read our facial expressions? To help us see around corners — we’re joined by special guests including Esther Perel (Relationship expert; host of podcast “Where Should We Begin?”), Joy Buolamwini (Founder, Algorithmic Justice League); Sam Altman (Chairman Y Combinator, Cofounder Open AI); Greg Brockman (Cofounder, Open AI); and Joi Ito (Director, MIT Media Lab). | 3/13/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWoebot: A virtual therapist powered by AI | Woebot is a mobile app that gives one-on-one therapy and gets 2 million messages a week. But Woebot isn't a person – it's a chatbot. It was invented and developed by psychologist Alison Darcy and it uses AI to guide users through a session, anytime, anywhere. Darcy hopes that Woebot will help break down the stigma of therapy and help provide services to communities with a lack of mental health resources. But what happens when we remove the human therapist from therapy? Host Caterina Fake, Woebot founder and CEO Alison Darcy, and experts Esther Perel, Baratunde Thurston, and Kevin Delaney debate the possibilities. | 2/26/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHalo: A headset that makes you learn faster | Neuroscientist Daniel Chao created a headset that hacks your brain with electricity so you can learn as fast as a kid again. It’s called Halo, and it helps you learn motor skills faster. Athletes use it; musicians too. But we’re not far from a future when Halo could help anyone master anything. Where will that take us? Host Caterina Fake leads the journey, joined by Comedian Baratunde Thurston and Quartz Editor in Chief Kevin Delaney, who help Daniel future-cast, and see his invention through the future best for humanity. | 2/20/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLaunching Feb. 21: Should This Exist? | In the trailer for Should This Exist?, you’ll get a sneak peek (err, listen!) into the first episodes: a wearable that hacks your brain with electric fields so you can learn like a kid again; an AI-driven tool that translates between human and animal languages; a fully automated chatbot that offers one-on-one therapy; and more. Premiering February 21, 2019. | 1/21/2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Her name is appropriate. Fake
This is an advertisement disguised as a podcast. Just like any other commercial it’s full of fun noises and jingles to grab your attention and keep you focused on what they are trying to sell.
It’s a good concept focusing on the impact of emerging technologies but the host puts my guard up and the fact that she basically doesn’t ask any challenging questions just reaffirms my suspicions.
Gonna pass on this until, and if, they get a track record of actually having integrity.
Seems like a rich kid club getting together to try to get more money for themselves and their ventures. Hopefully I’m wrong but that’s my first impression.
lame
was looking for something different ... the friendly/commercial/mainstream approach is just lame.
Interesting topics, too produced and fluffy
The topics are interesting and the overall goal of this podcast seems worthwhile exploring, but the extra sound effects make the podcast feel too gimmicky. I would prefer just hearing Caterina interview the guests. I feel like the producers put way too much effort into making the podcast “fun” and “engaging” - they don’t have to do this and can trust listeners to intellectually engage with these topics without so much production (see Tim Ferriss Show). Also, the fact the the first use mentioned for Halo was for “dope wedding videos” really turned me off. The first thing I’d think of use case wise would be to help re-educate people who are older and losing jobs due to increased automation learn new employable skills.
