Dr. Rebecca Gibson joins Meagan for a discussion on robots, artificial intelligence, and simulation theory for our first ever Substitute Sister episode! We talk about why robots sometimes freak us out, why you shouldn’t be too worried about an evil AI taking over the world, and why Meagan now thinks she might not be real. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.
Rebecca can be found on Twitter @RGibsonGirl, Facebook – The Corseted Skeleton, and at her Amazon author page.
Key links mentioned in the show:
https://www.lovewithrobots.com/
https://www.hansonrobotics.com/sophia/
Here are our sources for this episode:
- Strange & Unexplained with Daisy Eagan, “The Simulation Theory: Is Any of this Real?” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strange-and-unexplained-with-daisy-eagan/id1559242124?i=1000546491074
- Ologies with Alie Ward, “Quantum Ontology (WHAT IS REAL?) with Adam Becker” https://www.alieward.com/ologies/quantumontology
- Sexology with Dr. Moali, “Are We Ready to Have Sex with Robots? Featuring Dr. Rebecca Gibson” https://sexologypodcast.com/2020/10/13/ep198-are-we-ready-to-have-sex-with-robots-featuring-dr-rebecca-gibson/
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-we-live-in-a-simulation-chances-are-about-50-50/
- https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/10/18275618/simulation-hypothesis-matrix-rizwan-virk
- https://futurism.com/the-byte/robot-creepy-expressions-back
- https://ai.engineering.columbia.edu/ai-vs-machine-learning/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis
- https://www.cnet.com/culture/why-robots-are-scary-and-cool/
- https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a28410087/uncanny-valley-robots-fear/
- https://www.livescience.com/62775-humans-why-scared-of-ai.html
- https://www.livescience.com/49009-future-of-artificial-intelligence.html
- https://www.livescience.com/62229-boycott-against-killer-robotics-lab.html
- https://www.jneurosci.org/content/39/33/6555