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    #26: The Metaverse

    Is the metaverse more than a buzzword? And considering how much time we spend in the digital realm through smartphones and computers, do we really want to double down on a semi-digital reality? Ian and Michael discuss and deconstruct the metaverse concept - with a healthy dose of skepticism.

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    #25: AI-created Images

    In the past few months, AI-powered image generators like DALL-E and DreamStudio have been churning out images of truly impressive quality in a variety of styles. Have we reached the point where anyone can be an artist at the click of a button? Ian and Michael discuss AI-generated artwork and imagery, and what it might mean for the future of art and design.

  • A humanoid robot smiling and wearing sun glasses and a summer hat, driving in a cabriolet down a street during summer time, holding up one arm as if to waveA humanoid robot smiling and wearing sun glasses and a summer hat, driving in a cabriolet down a street during summer time, holding up one arm as if to wave

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    #24: The Summer News Round-up

    AI Unfiltered is back from its summer hiatus! Ian and Michael discuss a few AI and technology related news items that caught their eye over the summer, including emotional recognition, deepfakes in the war in Ukraine, a purported "party loyalty checker" AI, and intelligent speed assistance. They also discuss the outcome of the machine translation experiments in episode 23, The Translated Episode.

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    AI Unfiltered returns August 30

    Stay tuned for new episodes of the AI Unfiltered podcast! Meanwhile, check out our earlier episodes!

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    #23: The Translated Episode

    In the last episode before the summer hiatus, Ian and Michael discuss translation and speech in the context of language learning, virtual voice-overs, and virtual movie actors. As an experiment, we've also included excerpts from episode 16 (No code and low code) that have been automatically translated to Spanish and French using speech-to-text (to create the transcript from the original English), machine translation, and text-to-speech!

    AI Unfiltered will be back from its summer hiatus with new episodes on August 30!

  • A humanoid robot lying in a beach chair on the beach on a sunny day, sipping on a drink from a glass with a strawA humanoid robot lying in a beach chair on the beach on a sunny day, sipping on a drink from a glass with a straw

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    #22: The AI Resort, Personalised Books, Documenting Peoples’ Life Stories

    With summer in full swing, Ian and Michael discuss the idea of a completely automated, AI-powered holiday resort. The discussion then turns to using AI to create completely individualised and personalised books, and using AI to document peoples' life stories.

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    #21: The Scooter Episode

    Ian and Michael discuss their shared interest in electric scooters.

  • A humanoid robot sitting by a river and staring into the horizon, the water is brown as if polluted, and there is no vegetation on either side of the river, only mud and sadA humanoid robot sitting by a river and staring into the horizon, the water is brown as if polluted, and there is no vegetation on either side of the river, only mud and sad

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    #20: Can AI Create a Greener World?

    Ian and Michael discuss whether AI can have a positive impact on the environment, and whether that will be enough to stave off the worst impacts of climate change.

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    #19: Explainable AI

    In an increasingly automated world where even potentially life-and-death decisions may be outsourced to AI, who frequently operate as black boxes, understanding how and why the decisions were made becomes ever more critical. Ian and Michael discuss the concept of explainable AI.

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    #18: Creative Writing, Dubbing, Music Production

    Ian and Michael the potential of using AI in writing screenplays and novels, audio dubbing and music production.