Empathetic Machines

This is a podcast about a sort of “enchantment” our tech has cast over us. We want to get under the covers a bit. What are the boundaries set around technology? Who sets them and why? We will explore how much we should trust these boundaries setters to make good decisions for us. We ponder where machines ‘’quantify us” in great detail for extraordinary insight. And we consider where this quantified human exhibits directed or even controlled behavior. With a dab of irreverence, we’ll conduct this investigation through a series of discussions, thought experiments, and rich examples.

Episode 19: The people, the organization, the infrastructure at the border are tasked with implementing policies from the elected leaders of the US. This border group intends to balance mission, human experience, threat management, mercy, empathy, safety.

We consider how this operates in an age being changed by digital tech. While many technologies are entering the mainstream, it’s a little different on the border.