Roboism

Kathy prevents Alex from bringing bad lobsters to the beach.

Fashion minus the "-shion" and with an "-cism."

Kathy continues to explore her relationship with Mr. Opus, and Alex continues to be almost as bad at folding laundry as the robots of CES 2026.

Alex hopes a snow blower Wall-E can take down the home owner’s association, and Kathy wants to stop stealing.

Delivery robots are (trying to) serve Chicago, but we need to talk about wagons.

Kathy didn't even get to the second page.

Alex and Kathy cover a number of friendly and less friendly topics and try to avoid a Satanic Panic.

Friends? We recorded this episode months ago and Alex wanted to scrap it. But as usual, Kathy was correct when she said, “I hate it–please publish it.”

Alex and Kathy wade through the grey blobs of the past few weeks of Apple’s supposed Intelligence.

Alex and Kathy catch up on Google's Gemini, Photoshop's AI features, and the latest period technology.

Immediately after Sammy A's firing but before his rehiring, Alex and Kathy got together to discuss what led up to the OpenAI bonanza and how it affects the future of ordinary humans who don't have podcasts about robots

Alex talks AI, gatekeeping, and Digital Miyazaki with friend of the show and developer advocate Jay Miller.

Alex gives Kathy a rundown of their cautious optimism for visionOS, and how we can have more agency in this new era of computing. Becoming more cyborgian can mean we also learn how to be more human. Kathy wants Alex to calm down because she's focused on preparing for Relay FM's annual Podcastathon to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. TOMORROW, Friday, September 22nd! Alex notes that these two events, one weird and abstract, another weird but also a concrete way to help the fight in eradicating childhood cancer. If none of that made sense, good! It means you'll like this episode.

Kathy used ChatGPT, and Alex continues to use ChatGPT a lot more than they probably should. (Recorded May 2023, when it was still the bird site.)

Kathy still hasn't used ChatGPT, but Alex remains optimistic about the bots. (Recorded March 2023 in a pre-visionOS world!)

Alex calls shenanigans on Sydney and Kevin's relationship, and Kathy brings some news from our friends making AIs in Ethical Edmonton!

With the help of a calculator panda, the business unicorn breaks her silence.

Alex and Kathy talked in December about Twitter. Hindsight sure is an interesting thing. They also celebrate no San Francisco Murder Bots, mourn the loss of the Mars Rover, and look forward to what might come next for the social Internet.

Kathy and Alex share their squishy thoughts about the viral sensation of AI avatars, independent art, open-source software, and the late great turtles.

Alex and Kathy discuss broken fingers, folding, and a fictosexual man in love with a hologram.

Alex and Kathy might want robots to have rights and bodily autonomy, but it would be nice if humans had it as well.

Alex and Kathy are convinced robots aren't coming to take our jobs...but they SHOULD be.

Alex and Kathy discuss the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the necessary access to the technology for safe abortions.

Webster's dictionary defines "muskrat" as "an aquatic rodent of the U.S. and Canada with a long scaly laterally compressed tail, webbed hind feet, dark glossy brown fur and Twitter's supreme agent of chaos.

Alex and Kathy go on Display.

Alex and Kathy discuss why the TikTok bots continue to be in the midst of a period panic.

Alex introduces intriguing new inputs as Kathy tears through a typing test.

Kathy and Alex are so here for Robot birds and British cyborgs, but they do NOT talk about Bruno.

Kathy and Alex try to figure out the best ways for each of them to be a human in 2022.

Kathy and Alex go meta on Meta's metaverse.

Kathy comforts Alex as they share their concerns (dread) around The Seattle Delivery Company turning into The Seattle Surveillance Company.

Alex and Kathy explore the media circus around Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, and black turtlenecks.

Alex and Kathy watch in horror as exploitative capitalism is used to soothe a man's ego with an expensive mannequin.

Kathy is building a VERY big smart robot, and Alex wants to help.

A guest co-host comes to assess the smart home situation in the Cox family apartment.

Alex flip flops on their opinion of therapy robots at least three times, and Kathy eloquently explains why the human brain is great, so it's important to take care of.

This week, Kathy takes Alex through a roller coaster of emotions involving an uncanny valley, dancing k-pop sensations, car company acquisitions, McDonald's marketing, and of course: economic -isms.

Kathy brings a surprise bot topic to Alex, and soon they're down the rabbit hole of 3 sided shapes.

Alex and Kathy give you the hard hitting, day old, exciting things about the WWDC Keynote.

This week, Alex and Kathy almost have something positive to say about social networks.

This week, Kathy found a bread robot that learned more than its creators intended, and Alex brings good news about bots from the recent past.

This week, Kathy enlists some help from friends of the show to make Alex's Mac into a joyful robot.

This week, Alex tries tries (emphasis on *tries*) to adequately explain NFTs.

This week Alex and Kathy get into the weeds of what makes algorithms frustrating, how the users shape their own social networks, and what the tweens are up to.

This week, Kathy shares her experience with the current COVID-19 vaccine and healthcare bots, and Alex goes off brand and can't help but find a little bit of faith in humanity.

Alex introduces Kathy Campbell, your new cohost and all around unicorn of a human. We learn her robot favorites, fears, and food goals.

Alex and Savannah discuss whether or not we need air-conditioning, business scarves, and personal temperature regulators.

Alex and Savannah mourn the death of Jibo and other robotic friends, think about Tesla Homebrews, and continue to mull over the implications of the scoot scoot infestation.

Alex and Savannah discuss the gender identity of voice assistants LIVE at C2E2!

Alex and Savannah want robots to take everyone's jobs (no, seriously).