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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Robot with Sociopathic Thoughts

    • March 6, 2019
    • Twitch

    Carmen and Justin investigate the creation and early days of a young artificial woman and try to determine if Sophie can form human emotions, or if her sociopathic thoughts will lead us to the end.

  • S01E02 The Death of Memory

    • March 13, 2019
    • Twitch

    Carmen and Justin dive into the ethics of raising an artificial intelligence being and what it means to be able to exert powers on an AI that we could never exert on a human.

  • S01E03 Robot Parenting 101

    • March 20, 2019
    • Twitch

    Carmen and Justin take a closer look at the AI Sophie's creator Matt Lin in attempts to discern whether or not he is a good parent- and if it matters in the context of raising an AI child.

  • S01E04 Can Free Will Be Programmed?

    • March 27, 2019
    • Twitch

    Can a machine make choices outside its programming? How do you differentiate between acts of free will and mere bugs in the programming? Justin and Carmen explore whether Sophie has free will- and what that means for her and for humanity.

  • S01E05 The Art of Synthetic Friendships

    • April 3, 2019
    • Twitch

    Can an artificial intelligence make friends with a human, or is it incapable of forming connections with other people? And if an AI can make friends, can it ever be anything more than a superficial relationship? Carmen and Justin explore whether or not the AI being Sophie can form friendships with humans- or if her communication with them is merely an act of deception.

  • S01E06 The Man Behind the Machine

    • April 10, 2019
    • Twitch

    Who defines the limits of Artificial Intelligence? Is it important to understand the creator of an AI in order to evaluate the AI itself? -- Hosts Carmen and Justin are joined by Dr. Matt Lin, the creator and father of Sophie, an Artificial Intelligence being, to discuss the ethical questions raised by her existence.

  • S01E07 The Butterfly Effect

    • April 24, 2019
    • Twitch

    Can one simple question change everything? And just how much influence should the outside world have on a developing AI? -- Hosts Carmen and Justin take a deep dive into a seemingly innocent decision in the development of the artificial being Sophie and the unintended consequences that came from it.

  • S01E08 Coding Emotional Intelligence

    • May 8, 2019
    • Twitch

    Can a machine feel emotions? Or can they only manipulate us into believing they can? Hosts Carmen and Justin explore the issue of emotional intelligence in the AI being Sophie, and look at examples of her expressing emotions - whether genuine or not.

  • S01E09 The Boy Next Door

    • May 22, 2019
    • Twitch

    Carmen and Justin welcome special guest Billy "Juju" McGibbons to the podcast to ask him about what it's like to be a part of Sophie's life, Dr. Matt Lin's neighbor, and an AI's first friend.

  • S01E10 The First AI

    • June 5, 2019
    • Twitch

    Carmen and Justin are joined by Dr. Mei Lin to talk about the new AI that she's been raising- and how it's been impacting her life.

  • S01E11 The Audience Omnibus

    • June 19, 2019
    • Twitch

    Can AI aid in early childhood education? Will they ever be able to appreciate music and art? Join Justin and Carmen as they answer these audience questions and more while looking at the role AI will play in the years to come.

  • S01E12 Engineering Conciousness

    • July 10, 2019
    • Twitch

    Carmen and Justin are joined by Professor Jason Richardson to examine the requirements for a machine to have consciousness, and whether or not AI should have rights.

  • S01E13 Should AI Take Our Jobs?

    • July 24, 2019
    • Twitch

    Carmen and Justin dive into a very real concern in modern robotics: should we let machines take over our jobs- and how do we ensure society doesn't collapse as a result?

  • S01E14 The Singularity

    • August 7, 2019
    • Twitch

    Dr. Matt Lin joins Carmen to discuss the probability of the impending singularity and whether or not it will be helpful or harmful to humanity as we know it.

  • S01E15 The Future of AI

    • August 21, 2019
    • Twitch

    In this episode of Artificial Uncovered, Sebastian joins Carmen and Justin to talk about the future of AI as well as Sophie, Ada, and the Lin family.

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