Ep18: Ethics with virtual assistants! Interview with Mitu Khandaker

We chat with Mitu Khandaker about the impact of immersive technology on how we relate to characters, comparisons to Westworld, what Alexa might look like, and everyone's favorite character--Clippy

Mitu Khandaker is a game designer, scholar, and entrepreneur. She holds a PhD on the aesthetics of interactivity in video games, completed at the University of Portsmouth in 2015. Prior to that, she was a 2008 Kauffman Global Scholar and received a Masters in Computer Engineering from the University of Portsmouth. A rising star in the games industry, she won the Breakthrough Brit BAFTA in 2013 and the Creative English Trailblazer Award in 2014.

MITU KHANDAKER

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MituK
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This episode was recorded at Grand Central Tech. For more info visit their website at: www.grandcentraltech.com
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Read the transcript: https://www.funnyastech.com/single-post/2018/03/05/Ethical-challenges-when-creating-avatars-and-chatbots-interview-with-Mitu-Khandaker

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