#02 - Love, Sex and AI

Stories by ONLIM is a production of Onlim.com by Chris Huskins and Ina O’ Murchu.

This episode includes some amazing stories from incredibly interesting guests as we talk about how real the AI we see on television really is, and if Sky's new series Westworld is even possible?

First you hear from Patrick Denny who is within the automotive industry as one of the leading technologists in the field of automotive vision, and has co-authored more than 60 patents. With more than 20 years’ experience, and a decade at leading automotive technology supplier Valeo, his experience and insights are an important guide for industry. Visit www.valeo.com to find out more.

Second we hear from Kathleen Richardson; Senior Research Fellow in Ethics of Robotics and part of the Europe-wide DREAM project (Development of Robot-Enhance Therapy for Children with AutisM). She also is the director of the Campaign Against Sex Robots. He has a book available on the topic which can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Anthropology-Robots-AI-Annihilation-Routledge/dp/1138831743/ref=sr17?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478595148&sr=1-7&refinements=p_27%3AKathleen+Richardson

In the interest of hearing both sides of a story we then heard from Matt McMullen: the founder, CEO and Creative Director of RealDoll changed all that. Since 1997 he has been creating the world’s most realistic love dolls, which start at $5,000, ones that look almost like human beings. The why in which he creates them however is from a good place, it may surprise you. You can see Matt's work at: www.realdoll.com (Must be over 18).

And finally we heard from Shaku Atre on the topic of storytelling with Big Data - Ms. Atre is president of Atre Group, Inc. New York City, NY and Santa Cruz, California,- a business intelligence and data warehousing corporation. She is an internationally renowned expert who lectures on business intelligence, data warehousing, data mining, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and database technology. Atre is also author of six highly regarded books. Find out more at www.atre.com

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