Summary
When an artificial intelligence grad student becomes a finalist for a big robotics award, her empathic AI robot starts calling her a fraud, and she must figure out how to overcome its nasty, counterproductive feedback.
Written by Kristy Lopez-Bernal.
Performed by Erica Hernandez, Yoni Lotan, Erin Harland, Amy Warren, Josh Perilo, Ed Herbstman, Bob Raymonda, Margaret Burrus, Katie Hartman, and Nathan Min.
Content warning: This episode contains depictions of anxiety and panic attacks.
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| 0:00.0 | We have a trigger warning for this episode. |
| 0:01.9 | It includes depictions of panic attacks. |
| 0:08.6 | I went to a different bar and just said, like, |
| 0:11.6 | way too many shots there. |
| 0:12.9 | And I just, I think sometimes I get mean |
| 0:16.1 | and I'm worried I said something, |
| 0:17.6 | but my roommate's just like, we're cool, |
| 0:19.4 | but she said it in a way that, I don't know. |
| 0:22.0 | I just don't know. |
| 0:23.8 | You are repressing underlying feelings. |
| 0:26.9 | You are sad. |
| 0:30.7 | Well, I mean, last week I broke up with my boyfriend. |
| 0:33.0 | How does that know that I'm sad right now? |
| 0:36.2 | So it's an artificial intelligence robot, |
| 0:38.9 | but it understands feelings based on human interactions. |
| 0:42.7 | I am the empath. |
| 0:44.7 | And it has your voice. |
| 0:45.4 | That's very cool. |
| 0:46.4 | Yeah, I've never seen anything like that. |
| 0:48.4 | Yeah, well, I mean, there are a lot of different AIs, |
| 0:51.0 | but this is the only one that expresses empathy. |
| 0:53.9 | So. |
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