485: Conversation Is a Kind of Music
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485: Conversation Is a Kind of Music

Alan Blackwell spoke with us about the lurking dangers of large language models, the magical nature of artificial intelligence, and the future of interacting with computers.

Alan is the author of Moral Codes: Designing Alternatives to AI which you can read in its pre-book form here: https://moralcodes.pubpub.org/

Alan's day job is as a Professor of Interdisciplinary Design in the Cambridge University department of Computer Science and Technology. See his research interests on his Cambridge University page.

(Also, given as homework in the newsletter, we didn't directly discuss Jo Walton's 'A Brief Backward History of Automated Eloquence', a playful history of automated text generation, written from a perspective in the year 2070.)

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27: You Are Blowing My Mind

27: You Are Blowing My Mind

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26: The Tofu Problem

26: The Tofu Problem

In this in-depth technical discussion, Dr. Ken Lunde helps Elecia understand how to internationalize her (memory constrained) device. CJVK Information Processing, Ken's excellent O'Reilly book on inte...

7 Marras 20131h

25: Thunderdome for Antennas

25: Thunderdome for Antennas

Jen Costillo surfaced briefly from her startup-induced blackout to share her wisdom about manufacturing consumer products. They discussed new product development and working from (and making modificat...

30 Loka 201351min

24: I'm a Total Fraud

24: I'm a Total Fraud

Listener Jim Gf posed an interesting question about how to tell if you are a good embedded software engineer. Producer Christopher White joins Elecia to fail to give an answer. While they mention the ...

23 Loka 201353min

23: Go For Everything I Want

23: Go For Everything I Want

Jeri Ellsworth joins Elecia to talk about about co-founding Technical Illusions and their virtual and augmented reality product CastAR. Jeri gives an in-depth introduction to virtual reality, augmente...

16 Loka 20131h 7min

22: Mincraft Is the New Apple II

22: Mincraft Is the New Apple II

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9 Loka 201349min

21: The Tent Is Flat and Everyone Is Wet

21: The Tent Is Flat and Everyone Is Wet

Rob Mitchell and Elecia discuss management, what they like about project schedules, and lessons learned on the path from engineer to manager.

2 Loka 201343min

20: Soldered Together By Monkeys

20: Soldered Together By Monkeys

Phil King of Weekend Engineering returned to give Elecia advice on how to fabricate a board, both in a professional capacity and for garage projects.  EaglePCB is a commercial package which is also av...

26 Syys 20131h 13min

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