Summary: <p><span class="caps">ENCORE</span> You are one-of-a-kind, unique, indispensible… oh, wait, never mind! It seems that computer over there can do what you do … faster and with greater accuracy.</p> <p>Yes, it’s silicon vs. carbon as intelligent, interactive machines out-perform humans in tasks beyond data-crunching. We’re not only building our successors, we’re developing emotional relationships with them. Find out why humans are hard-wired to be attached to androids.</p> <p>Also, the handful of areas where humans still rule… as pilots, doctors and journalists. Scratch that! Journalism is automated too – tune in for a news story written solely by a machine.</p> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~nass/">Clifford Nass</a></strong> – Social psychologist at Stanford University and Director of the Communication Between Humans and Interactive Media Lab</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://home.comcast.net/~skywalking/">Tom Jones</a></strong> – United States astronaut, space consultant, and veteran of four Space Shuttle flights</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.escapestudios.com/chris-ford/">Chris Ford</a></strong> – Business director at Pixar Animation Studios</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.alegent.com/body.cfm?id=139&action=detail&ref=2584">Eric Van De Graaff</a></strong> -<a href="http://www.blogalegent.com/cardiologyblog">Cardiologist</a> at Alegent Health</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.baylor.edu/provost/index.php?id=10593">James Bennighof</a></strong> – Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, and professor of music theory at Baylor University in Texas</li> <li> <strong><a href="http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/csta/tech_discipline/abbott/">Kathy Abbott</a></strong> – Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Flight Deck Human Factors at the Federal Aviation Administration</li> <li> <strong>Kristian Hammond</strong> – Co-founder, <a href="http://www.narrativescience.com/">Narrative Science</a> </li> </ul><p><strong><a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-no-se-aceptan-humanos">Descripción en español</a></strong></p> <p>First aired November 22, 2010.</p>
