Ep40: We ask "How human should our AI assistants be?" w/ Bridget Carey, Natt Garun, John Keefe-LIVE!

How Human Should Our AI Assistants Be?! Tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar and comedian Joe Leonardo invite special guests Bridget Carey (CNET), Natt Garun (The Verge), and John Keefe (Quartz), to tackle this thorny topic! Why are all most of our voice assistants female?! Is it turning us into bossy jerks?! Does it matter that we are blurring the line between human and bot?! Recorded LIVE at Caveat (NYC) on July 11, 2018.

BRIDGET CAREY
Bridget Carey is writer and host of CNET Update, a daily tech news show. She's now in New York, but she started in Miami, covering tech trends, reviewing gadgets and authoring the nation's first social media etiquette column. Why journalism? She was born 150 years too early to join Starfleet.

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NATT GARUN
Senior Editor at The Verge
A multifaceted Web journalist roaming about the media industry, Natt is lover of digital culture, creative media, technology, and general interest reporting. She writes the stuff you'll want to click on, either purposely or subconsciously.

https://twitter.com/nattgarun

JOHN KEEFE
John is a developer in the Quartz Bot Studio and the product manager for Quartz’s apps.He’s working to figure out how conversational software fits into journalism. Keefe came to Quartz from public radio station WNYC, where he was the Senior Editor for Data News.

https://twitter.com/jkeefe

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