Whitney Cummings: Comedy, Robotics, Neurology, and Love

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." This
conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence
podcast. If you would like to get more information about this
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http://ziprecruiter.com/lexpod 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