Amplified Intelligence Sarah Stumbo and Kathleen Byrne

Jessica Outlaw is a behavioral scientist and the founder of The Extended Mind LLC, where she has designed, conducted, and published research on human usage of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence technology. 
Episode Links:
The Extended Mind Jessica's April 8 Event Jessica's Twitter: @theextendedmind A note on the smithy:
The magical smithy who recreates his dead love is the Finnish inventor god Ilmarinen is a story about what we want to create (or just what we are capable of making) might not be what we truly need.  At the end of the tale, Ilmarinen goes back to only building things that benefit his community. 
 
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Nicole Ruggiero is a 3D visual artist based in NYC. Her work concentrates on technology and the culture surrounding it.  Nicole has exhibited globally and collaborated with Lady Gaga, Calvin Harris, The Weeknd, Rico Nasty, Adult Swim, NYT, & Snapchat. She is currently active in the crypto art (NFT) space.
Kathleen and Sarah chat with Nicole about how her upbringing with technology and the internet inspires her digital artwork in the form of social commentary, specifically about humans' relationship with technology.  
Episode Links:
Nicole's Website
Nicole's Instagram: @nicoleruggiero
Nicole's Twitter: @__nicoleruggiero
Collect Nicole's Artwork!!
 
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With continued growth of software development and machine learning research, algorithms are influencing our daily lives whether we like it or not. Algorithms play a pivotal role in the decisions we make, the content we consume, and even our creation processes.
Sarah and Kathleen discuss the many ways algorithms affect the way we create and consume content.

Omer Shapira is an Engineer, Researcher and Artist. His research spans Virtual and Augmented Reality, Computational Photography, Haptics, Human-Robot Interaction, and Film Technologies.
 
Episode Links:
Omer's website
Omer's twitter: @omershapira
 
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Podcast website
Podcast twitter: @amplified_pod
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Maria Mishurenko is a simulated reality developer, artist and award-winning game designer based in Brooklyn, New York. She has co-founded Synesthetic Echo, a design studio focused on creating interactive experiences for emerging technology.
Sarah and Kathleen chat with Maria about the VR game she recently released and her team’s production pipeline, specifically with procedural tools and procedurally generated content.
Episode Links:
Maria's Website: https://mishurenko.me/
Maria's Twitter: https://twitter.com/marmishurenko
Synesthetic Echo:  https://synestheticecho.com/
Bizarre Barber (VR Game)
Procedural Generation
Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)
 
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Podcast Website: https://www.amplifiedpod.com/
Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amplified_pod/
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Jenna Suhl is an artist and songwriter based in Los Angeles. She has directed and starred in several music videos and recently released a new complete album, Mantra. When she’s not making music, she works for Rihanna’s Savage by Fenty lingerie line on the creative team. 
Sarah and Kathleen talk to Jenna about her life-long love for singing and how she got to where she is today as an artist, and how technology influenced that. 
Episode Links
Jenna's Spotify
Jenna's Instagram
Jenna's YouTube
 
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Podcast Website: https://www.amplifiedpod.com/
Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amplified_pod/
Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/amplified_pod