In episode 66, we mix in some local news while we cover the latest news covering robots, AI and social media. We look at how WeChat could have helped the Labor Party win votes in Melbourne. Telstra continues its run of bad PR with cuts to jobs. We discuss the use of robots to kill in Dallas and what that means in the gray area of robot legal policies. Microsoft lets it AI go loose in Project Malmo and explains why its betting its future on AI. A search engine company builds a car, this time it’s Alibaba in China. And lastly Twitter is spreading its sporting repertoire by discussing deals with the NBA and MLS to add to the NFL deal it already has and it also shut down tweet archive service, Post Ghost.
Our feature of the week is the phenomenon that is Pokemon Go. We see kids and adults of all ages playing it and it’s barely been three days! So far, it’s taken US, AU and NZ by storm. Find out why and so much more in episode 66 of The Lazy Couch Podcast.
Episode 66. Recorded Monday 11 July 2016.
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00:00 – Intro
- Essential The Clone Wars episodes/arcs | Reddit
- ILMxLAB and Magic Leap “Lost Droids” Mixed Reality Test | YouTube
05:42 – Local news
- How a Chinese-language social media campaign hurt Labor’s election chances | The Guardian
- Telstra cuts hundreds of customer service jobs | The Sydney Morning Herald
10:31 – Robots and AI
- Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US history | The Guardian
- A conversation on the ethics of Dallas police’s bomb robot | The Verge
- Microsoft lets AI experiments loose in Minecraft | PC World
- Why Microsoft is betting its future on AI | The Verge
- Alibaba unveils its first smart car — and it’s available for pre-order now | Techcrunch
25:55 – Twitter
- Twitter is talking to the NBA, MLS and Turner to buy rights to more sports streams | Recode
- Deleted Tweet archive PostGhost shut down after Twitter cease and desist | Techcrunch
29:21 – Pokemon Go
- Pokémon GO’ Is About To Surpass Twitter In Daily Active Users On Android | Forbes
- Pokemon Go more popular than Tinder on US Android phones, set to outstrip Twitter in daily users | ABC
- Pokemon game adds $7.5 billion to Nintendo market value in two days | Reuters
- Pokemon Go’ international rollout will be ‘paused’ as players overload the system | Business Insider
- Pokémon Go will eventually allow players to trade Pokémon | The Verge
