Roboism

75: A Woken Record

Delivery robots are (trying to) serve Chicago, but we need to talk about wagons. LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: SUPPORT ROBOISM WITH A RELAY MEMBERSHIP [https://relayfm.memberful.com/checkout?plan=21082] SUBMIT FEEDBACK [https://relay.fm/roboism/feedback] A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DELIVERY ROBOT | THE VERGE [https://www.theverge.com/23930378/serve-delivery-robot-la-day-in-life-tiktok] THE SECRET BEHIND THESE AUTONOMOUS DELIVERY ROBOTS - YOUTUBE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzM4wXROdLM] HUNDREDS OF CHICAGO RESIDENTS SIGN PETITION TO PAUSE ROBOT DELIVERY PILOT PROGRAM OVER SAFETY CONCERNS - CBS CHICAGO [https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/north-side-residents-petition-pause-to-delivery-robots/] NORTH SIDERS FED UP WITH DELIVERY ROBOTS ON SIDEWALKS - YOUTUBE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg6pdO7-X7U] HOW FOOD DELIVERY ROBOTS ARE CONQUERING COLLEGE CAMPUSES - BUSINESS INSIDER [https://www.businessinsider.com/how-food-delivery-robots-are-conquering-college-campuses-2025-10] MILTON KEYNES DELIVERY ROBOT TAKES PLUNGE INTO CANAL [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-53678376] THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ILLUSION: HOW INVISIBLE WORKERS FUEL THE "AUTOMATED" ECONOMY | INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION [https://www.ilo.org/resource/article/artificial-intelligence-illusion-how-invisible-workers-fuel-automated] HOW WE INVESTIGATED THE HUMAN LABOR BEHIND AI | PULITZER CENTER [https://pulitzercenter.org/resource/how-we-investigated-human-labor-behind-ai] HOW ROOMBA SABOTAGED ITS OWN SUCCESS - YOUTUBE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44XYQepBF7g] BEST ROBOT VACUUMS - ACCORDING TO REDDIT DATA [https://redditrecs.com/robot-vacuum/] AMAZON FACES FAA PROBE AFTER DELIVERY DRONE INCIDENT IN TEXAS [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/amazon-faa-probe-delivery-drone-incident-texas.html] YARBO CORE – THE SMART ROBOT FOR ALL YOUR YARD CARE NEEDS [https://www.yarbo.com/yarbo-core?p=t_menu]

74: Who Knew Fascism Would Be the -ism?

Kathy didn't even get to the second page. LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: SUPPORT ROBOISM WITH A RELAY MEMBERSHIP [https://relayfm.memberful.com/checkout?plan=21082] SUBMIT FEEDBACK [https://relay.fm/roboism/feedback] GOP LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CANDIDATE USES AI REPRESENTATION OF HIS OPPONENT IN ONLINE 'DEBATE' - YOUTUBE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q7Zdr0esAQ] 'AI PSYCHOSIS': TERM DOESN'T ACCURATELY DESCRIBE CHATBOT DELUSIONS [https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-psychosis-chatbot-delusions-1235416826/] "Should we really be calling it 'AI Psychosis?'" I SPENT A MONTH LIVING WITH A $430 AI PET, THE CASIO MOFLIN | TECHCRUNCH [https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/i-spent-a-month-living-with-a-430-ai-pet-the-casio-moflin/] MOMMY BLOG - WIKIPEDIA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mommy_blog] HEATHER ARMSTRONG - WIKIPEDIA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Armstrong] BALLERINA FARM (@BALLERINAFARM) | TIKTOK [https://www.tiktok.com/@ballerinafarm] HANNAH NEELEMAN (BALLERINA FARM) - WIKIPEDIA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Neeleman_(Ballerina_Farm)] NARA SMITH (@NARAAZIZASMITH) | TIKTOK [https://www.tiktok.com/@naraazizasmith] NARA SMITH - WIKIPEDIA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_Smith] ILL CONCEIVED: TRADWIVES - YOUTUBE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubWB3FrsYz8] RUBY FRANKE - WIKIPEDIA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Franke] REE DRUMMOND - WIKIPEDIA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ree_Drummond] KATHY CAMPBELL | CHIEF AWESOME OFFICER [https://www.kathycampbell.com/] ALEX COX: INDEPENDENT QUEER TECH PODCASTS [https://www.patreon.com/c/alexcox] ROBOISM FEEDBACK - RELAY [https://www.relay.fm/roboism/feedback]

73: No More Flesh Buddies

Alex and Kathy cover a number of friendly and less friendly topics and try to avoid a Satanic Panic. LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: SUPPORT ROBOISM WITH A RELAY MEMBERSHIP [https://relayfm.memberful.com/checkout?plan=21082] SUBMIT FEEDBACK [https://relay.fm/roboism/feedback] I HATE MY FRIEND | WIRED [https://www.wired.com/story/i-hate-my-ai-friend/] PLAYING TO WIN FRIENDS & INFLUENCE PEOPLE [https://www.workingtheorys.com/p/the-craft-avi-schiffmann?utm_source=publication-search] AI-FUELED SPIRITUAL DELUSIONS ARE DESTROYING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS [https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/] ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS: A TIMELINE - OUR WORLD IN DATA [https://ourworldindata.org/antipsychotic-medications-timeline] GENERAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY LINKS AND PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS IN A NETWORK APPROACH | SCHIZOPHRENIA [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41537-020-00129-w] HOW A CHATBOT ENCOURAGED A MAN WHO WANTED TO KILL THE QUEEN [https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67012224] THE EMERGING PROBLEM OF "AI PSYCHOSIS" | PSYCHOLOGY TODAY [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urban-survival/202507/the-emerging-problem-of-ai-psychosis] paper THE REAL DEMON INSIDE CHATGPT | WIRED [https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-devil-worship-llm-training/] CHATGPT GAVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR DEVIL WORSHIP - THE ATLANTIC [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/chatgpt-ai-self-mutilation-satanism/683649/] EMPIRE OF AI BY KAREN HAO [https://bookshop.org/p/books/empire-of-ai-dreams-and-nightmares-in-sam-altman-s-openai-karen-hao/de10c251433f34d2?ean=9780593657508&next=t&] THE AI MIRROR BY BAILLIE GIFFORD [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-ai-mirror-how-to-reclaim-our-humanity-in-an-age-of-machine-thinking-baillie-gifford-professor-in-the-ethics-of-data-and-artificial-intelligence-sh/7d342eae30e91c64?ean=9780197759066&next=t] THE ANXIOUS GENERATION - IF BOOKS COULD KILL - APPLE PODCASTS [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-anxious-generation/id1651876897?i=1000664706439] CONDÉ NAST ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH OPENAI [https://www.condenast.com/news/conde-nast-openai-partnership] SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH HER PSYCHIATRIST, TOLD TIKTOK [https://www.thecut.com/article/kendra-hilty-fell-in-love-with-psychiatrist-tiktok.html] ChatGPT WHO TF DID I MARRY? - WIKIPEDIA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_TF_Did_I_Marry%3F] WHAT'S THE 'ALEXANDER COME BACK TO SLEEP' TREND? | KNOW YOUR MEME [https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/whats-the-alexander-come-back-to-sleep-trend-heres-why-women-are-dressing-up-like-hamilton-on-tiktok] LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE HAMILTON TIKTOK TREND - YOUTUBE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJUO80y_hm8] NEWS - DRAGONMOUNT [https://dragonmount.com/] ALEX COX [https://alexcox.omg.lol/] KATHY CAMPBELL | CHIEF AWESOME OFFICER [https://www.kathycampbell.com/]

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.” LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: SUPPORT ROBOISM WITH A RELAY MEMBERSHIP [https://relayfm.memberful.com/checkout?plan=21082] SUBMIT FEEDBACK [https://relay.fm/roboism/feedback] FRIEND REVEAL TRAILER - YOUTUBE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Q1hoEhfk4] ZUCKERBERG IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE WORRIED ABOUT. [https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-lonely-friends-create-ai] PARO THERAPEUTIC ROBOT [http://www.parorobots.com/] ROBOISM (@ROBOISM@RELAYFM.SOCIAL) - MASTODON [https://mastodon.social/@Roboism@relayfm.social]

71: Stroke the Button

SUBTITLE: KATHY SAID IT. Alex and Kathy wade through the grey blobs of the past few weeks of Apple’s supposed Intelligence. LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: SUPPORT ROBOISM WITH A RELAY FM MEMBERSHIP [https://relayfm.memberful.com/checkout?plan=21082] SUBMIT FEEDBACK [https://relay.fm/roboism/feedback] AIRPODS PRO 2 ADDS 'CLINICAL GRADE' HEARING AID FEATURE - 9TO5MAC [https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/09/airpods-pro-2-adds-clinical-grade-hearing-aid-feature/] PASSWORDS ON THE APP STORE [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/passwords/id6473799789] ACCESSIBILITY - THE LOST VOICE - APPLE [https://www.apple.com/accessibility/the-lost-voice/] WHY AI IMAGE EDITING ISN’T ‘JUST LIKE PHOTOSHOP’ - THE VERGE [https://www.theverge.com/24242800/ai-image-editing-photoshop-misinformation-deepfakes-elon-musk-grok-decoder-interview] SUPPORT RELAY'S CAMPAIGN FOR ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL! [https://tiltify.com/@alexcox/iconintervention?origin=dashboard]