Roboism
Roboism is a show mostly about robots. We are exploring how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital assistants are affecting our culture. Come explore the humanity behind the bots that are quickly becoming a part of every day life. Hosted by Kathy Campbell and Alex Cox.
- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 72
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
72: Pure Undiluted Kathy
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.”
01:18:15 |
Fri 13 Jun 2025
71: Stroke the Button
Alex and Kathy wade through the grey blobs of the past few weeks of Apple’s supposed Intelligence.
01:06:52 |
Sat 21 Sep 2024
70: Command-F for Bigotry
Alex and Kathy catch up on Google's Gemini, Photoshop's AI features, and the latest period technology.
00:56:11 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
69: Microsoft is Daddy
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 po…
00:49:52 |
Sun 10 Dec 2023
68: Tech Yak
Alex talks AI, gatekeeping, and Digital Miyazaki with friend of the show and developer advocate Jay Miller.
00:58:58 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
67: I Really Want a Tote Bag
Alex gives Kathy a rundown of their cautious optimism for visionOS and how she's already creating a material, effective future by utilizing technology in her own unique way.
01:22:26 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
66: Crystal Ball Calculator
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.)
00:49:47 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
65: Stop Playing With the Pope
Kathy still hasn't used ChatGPT, but Alex remains optimistic about the bots.
(Recorded March 2023 in a pre-visionOS world!)
00:45:15 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
63: A Glass Cat
With the help of a calculator panda, the business unicorn breaks her silence.
00:47:39 |
Wed 01 Mar 2023
62: Get Those Yums
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 m…
01:04:59 |
Mon 30 Jan 2023
61: The Human Version of Ninja Turtles
Kathy and Alex share their squishy thoughts about the viral sensation of AI avatars, independent art, open-source software, and the late great turtles.
00:54:07 |
Tue 20 Dec 2022
60: Children Need to Be Warned
Alex and Kathy discuss broken fingers, folding, and a fictosexual man in love with a hologram.
00:53:57 |
Wed 24 Aug 2022
59: Click Bight
Alex and Kathy might want robots to have rights and bodily autonomy, but it would be nice if humans had it as well.
00:53:06 |
Fri 08 Jul 2022
58: I Want the Chicken Nuggets
Alex and Kathy are convinced robots aren't coming to take our jobs...but they SHOULD be.
00:41:44 |
Wed 01 Jun 2022
56: Elongated Muskrat
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 agent of chaos.
00:57:34 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
54: Titanic Salads
Alex and Kathy discuss why the TikTok bots continue to be in the midst of a period panic.
01:00:16 |
Thu 31 Mar 2022
53: Finger Dancing
Alex introduces intriguing new inputs as Kathy tears through a typing test.
00:56:09 |
Fri 18 Mar 2022
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