Checkup From the Neck-Up, Episode 42 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Part 3: CHATBOT Basics, Companions, Lovers, and Research

Check It Out: Gathering of the Host's!

This is a Check It Out first as this week we have all 3 hosts on together at one time. Joining regulars Tom and Maggie, we went to the bullpen to bring in Yona Williams as part of the library trifecta. Many topics this week, as they discuss a whole host of events the libraries are a part of during the month of June. From Light a Candle 4 Literacy, to the tabling at CNY Pride, to some Mets events at NBT Bank Stadium and even a Strawberry Social at Soule.... plenty of things to do with the libraries in June! So do yourself a favor and Check It Out.

Science Today with Dr. Rich Kopecky - Episode 48

Ever wonder where the bizarre languages spoken by movie aliens comes from? Learn how linguists construct them and how some dedicated fans become fluent. Also, on this month Science Today, a superconductor record is broken, sea levels may be rising faster than previously thought, and US highschoolers are becoming even more sleep deprived.

Repeating History, Episode 20 - Dr. Jeff Ludwig, Director of Education at the Seward House in Auburn

On the latest episode of Repeating History, Bob welcomes Dr. Jeff Ludwig, director of education at the Seward House in Auburn. They discuss the incredible life of William Henry Seward, one of the most accomplished and well-travelled politicians of the 19th Century. From his work on prison reform and anti-slavery initiatives to his time as Secretary of State, The conversation illuminates on of the most important and consequential careers in American political history.

Syracuse (On)Stage, Episode 42 - Brendan Malafronte & Andrea Dotto in Disney’s “Frozen”

On this edition of Syracuse (On)Stage, Brendan Malafronte and Andrea “Dott” Dotto talk about sharing the role of Olaf in Syracuse Stage’s current production of “Frozen,” and their recent relocation to Central New York.

Checkup From the Neck-Up, Episode 42 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Part 3: CHATBOT Basics, Companions, Lovers, and Research

On this edition of Checkup From the Neck-Up, Psychologist Rich “Dr. Neckup” O’Neill’s guest is Dr. Rebecca Ortiz, Associate Professor in the Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications. They discuss how Artificial Intelligence CHATBOTs were created, whose values guide the chatbot computer programs’ mathematically determined responses (easily mistaken for another human’s “behavior”), how users can design their own chatbot human-like “companions,” how the chatbot program learns what you want from your “companion” based on your interactions with it/them, and then gives you more of what you want. They review Dr. Ortiz’s research on how 18- to 21-year-olds use or don’t use them and why, chatbot’s reported benefits such as possibly in developing social skills, examples of their dangers such as aggressive sexual “behavior” experienced by adolescent users, and how parents might talk with their children about them now that the chatbot algorithmic genie is out of the virtual bottle.