9. Learned Machines

In this episode, we look at some of the more sophisticated bots, from those that employ Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, to those that employ -- well, human beings.

In this episode, Heather Freeman interviews:

Dr. Nicholas Christakis, the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University ;

Susan Etlinger, industry analyst for the Altimeter Group;

Douglas Guilbeault Assistant Professor in the Management of Organizations, University of California - Berkeley;

Alex Hogan Managing Partner of Etic Labs;

Srijan Kumar Assistant Professor, School of Computational Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology;

David Rand, Associate Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT;

Samira Shaikh Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the  University of North Carolina at Charlotte;

Tim Weninger Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Notre Dame;

Samuel Woolley Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Austin at Texas.

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