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Whitney Cummings: Comedy, Robotics, Neurology, and Love

Whitney Cummings: Comedy, Robotics, Neurology, and Love

Lex Fridman Podcast vor 6 Jahren

Whitney Cummings is a stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer, director, and the host of a new podcast called Good for You. Her most recent Netflix special called "Can I Touch It?" features in part a robot, she affectionately named Bearclaw,

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Whitney Cummings is a stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer,
director, and the host of a new podcast called Good for You. Her
most recent Netflix special called “Can I Touch It?” features in
part a robot, she affectionately named Bearclaw, that is designed
to be visually a replica of Whitney. It’s exciting for me to see
one of my favorite comedians explore the social aspects of
robotics and AI in our society. She also has some fascinating
ideas about human behavior, psychology, and neurology, some of
which she explores in her book called “I’m Fine…And Other Lies.”

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Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you
should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

00:00 – Introduction

03:51 – Eye contact

04:42 – Robot gender

08:49 – Whitney’s robot (Bearclaw)

12:17 – Human reaction to robots

14:09 – Fear of robots

25:15 – Surveillance

29:35 – Animals

35:01 – Compassion from people who own robots

37:55 – Passion

44:57 – Neurology

56:38 – Social media

1:04:35 – Love

1:13:40 – Mortality