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21-12 Segment 1: Siri, Self-Driving Cars And Disinformation On Social Media: The Ups & Downs Of Artificial Intelligence

Siri, Self-Driving Cars and Disinformation on Social Media: The Ups & Downs of Artificial Intelligence

>> March 28, 2021

AI software is everywhere these days. It’s built into cars, tech, robotics and used in numerous fields from stock portfolio management to pharmaceuticals. But, what does the future of artificial intelligence hold as this technology expands? How will current problems be exacerbated? AI expert and New York Times journalist, Cade Metz joins Viewpoints this …

topics covered: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business and Entrepreneurship, Cars and Driving, Communication, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, History, Robotics, Science and Technology, Social Media and Internet
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Dot Con: Pranking the Authors of Spam Emails

>> August 16, 2020

Author and comedian, James Veitch has made a name for himself by replying to these scams and continuing the conversation, effectively wasting the scammers time as much as they waste ours. We speak with him about his trade and the major telltale signs to look out for in a scam.

topics covered: Advertising/Marketing and Consumerism, Computer Science, Criminal Justice and Courts, Fraud and Identity Theft, Literature and Writing, Personal Finance, Privacy, Science and Technology, Social Media and Internet
ListenDot Con: Pranking the Authors of Spam Emails

A Life Undone: Falling Victim to Identity Theft

>> November 24, 2019

What would it be like to feel crippled by identity theft for most of your young adult life? Axton Betz-Hamilton shares her surprising identity theft story and how she’s now helping others in a similar boat.

topics covered: Computer Science, Criminal Justice and Courts, Education, Fraud and Identity Theft, Law/Policy and Enforcement, Literature and Writing, Media and Entertainment, Personal Finance, Science and Technology, Technology
ListenA Life Undone: Falling Victim to Identity Theft

Culture Crash: A Review of Gemini Man

>> October 27, 2019

Directed by Ang Lee and starring Will Smith, "Gemini Man" employs new filming technology aimed at immersing audiences deeper into a film. We discuss if the new release lived up to all the hype.

topics covered: Commentary and Criticism, Computer Science, Media and Entertainment, Movies, Pop Culture, Science and Technology
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What Big Data Can Teach Us About Ourselves (2019)

>> March 3, 2019

These days, there is data on just about everything. Our social media presence, our careers, our web search history- it’s all crunched into data points. And author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz says all that data can shed plenty of light on the truth about who we really are underneath all of our social formalities.

topics covered: Computer Science, Math, Data and Statistics, Science and Technology, Social Media and Internet, Sociology
ListenWhat Big Data Can Teach Us About Ourselves (2019)

Cybercrime in Real LIfe

>> January 13, 2019

We’ve all seen how our fiction portrays cybercrime, but what does it really look like? Jonathan Lusthaus, the director of the Human Cybercriminal Project at the University of Oxford, joins the show to talk about the real crimes committed online and what, if anything, we can do to protect ourselves.

topics covered: Business and Entrepreneurship, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Research, Science and Technology, Social Media and Internet
ListenCybercrime in Real LIfe
is cursive still taught

Is Cursive Still Worth Teaching?

>> June 3, 2018

With all of our technology many schools are phasing out some handwriting lessons like teaching cursive. We talk to two experts about whether that’s a good idea.

topics covered: Business and Entrepreneurship, Children and Parenting, Computer Science, Education, Literature and Writing
ListenIs Cursive Still Worth Teaching?

Teaching Girls to Code: The mission to close the gender gap in tech

>> September 24, 2017

Reshma Saujani began an organization dedicated to teaching girls to code, and hopes to empower a new future of innovation.

topics covered: Computer Science, Education, Gender, Gender Gap, Race and Identity, Science and Technology
ListenTeaching Girls to Code: The mission to close the gender gap in tech

What Big Data Can Teach Us About Ourselves (2017)

>> July 2, 2017

We talk to data analyst and author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz about some of the conclusions this big data can help us reach.

topics covered: Computer Science, Math, Data and Statistics, Science and Technology, Social Media and Internet, Sociology
ListenWhat Big Data Can Teach Us About Ourselves (2017)

The Ick Factor: Teaching Kids Science

>> November 27, 2016

We talk to two experts who say children take to science readily if it’s presented in the right way by tapping into the “ick factor” that seems to fascinate them.

topics covered: Computer Science, Education, Math, Data and Statistics, Science, Science and Technology
ListenThe Ick Factor: Teaching Kids Science

Becoming Steve Jobs

>> May 10, 2015

Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, was hailed as a genius during his lifetime for the success he and his partner made of the fledgling computer company. However, Jobs was also accused of being a divisive manager who burnt out his employees, and was eventually sidelined at his own company. We talk to one of his biographers about how Jobs changed his ways after he …

topics covered: Advertising/Marketing and Consumerism, Business and Entrepreneurship, Computer Science, History, Invention, Science and Technology, Social Media and Internet
ListenBecoming Steve Jobs

The Most Human Human

>> March 8, 2015

The Academy Award-nominated film, “The Imitation Game” brought to light the contributions of Alan Turing in breaking the Enigma code during WWII. Throughout his career, he thought that maybe we could build a computer that could think like a human. But could even the best tech whizzes of today build a machine that could not only think but also converse like a …

topics covered: American Culture and History, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Science, Robotics, Science and Technology, Technology, Women's History and Rights, World War II
ListenThe Most Human Human

Face Time Vs. Screen Time (2015)

>> January 25, 2015

Kids are always on their phones, tablets or computers – even when they’re sitting across from one another at the lunch table! Does communicating via screens hurt kids? We talk to two researchers who found that too much screen time at the cost of face-to-face communication could decrease our ability to recognize emotions, and possibly even shorten our lives.

topics covered: Child Development, Children and Parenting, Communication, Computer Science, Emotion, Psychology and Psychiatry, Research, Screen Time, Technology
ListenFace Time Vs. Screen Time (2015)
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