Would You Trust a Robot to Schedule Your Life?
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Given access to your Google calendar, a personal assistant named Amy will happily schedule all your appointments. Just copy her on your emails to contacts, and she’ll take care of the rest. The catch? She’s a machine—a digital personal assistant. Manoush Zomorodi and Alex Goldmark of the WNYC podcast New Tech City put Amy’s skills to the test, and they’re here to talk about what worked, what didn’t, as well as the inevitable awkwardness of life with a bot.
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Manoush Zomorodi
Manoush Zomorodi is host of NPR’s TED Radio Hour and author of “Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being.”
Alex Goldmark
Alex Goldmark is senior producer of WNYC’s Note to Self (formerly New Tech City) in New York, New York.
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