I worked with Merel on a new HRI Podcast Episode: The Case For Rude Robots. It is surprising how hard it is for a robot to understand politeness.
Category: Publication
Swim Training Patterns books travel around the world
Swimming is much more fun in a community. We share a passion for the sport and I would like to give others the opportunity to enjoy my latest book, Swim Training Patterns. I sent the first two hardcover books I received on their way around the planet. One will travel predominantely westwards and the other eastwards.
The books can only travel by being given from person to person. It should not be send by mail or courier. Given that we are all only six degrees apart, it should not take long for the books to return to Christchurch. Both books contain a tracker, so I can roughly know where they are. Right now, both books are still in Christchurch, but I hope that this will change soon.
If you receive the book, please sign the log and enjoy the book. Once you are done then please simply give it to the next person. This is not a race, so don’t worry if it takes a long time for the book to move forward. If you want to, please send me a photo of the book from where you are.
Pre-Order now open
The pre-order of my upcoming book, “Swim Training Patterns” is now open. You can use the discount code “swiml” to get 20% off from your order.
To celebrate this milestone, I start a new video series that shows you how to use swiML to create training programs. Here is the first episode:
Thesis for sale
What do you do when somebody else publishes your thesis as a book? Without your permission and without you receiving royalties? Time for us to investigate in our new podcast episode.
New HRI Podcast episode
My sabbatical allows me to focus on the HRI Podcast. Here is another episode:
The One About Ethics
Robots are not just machines. We treat them as if they were somewhat like humans, including applying moral standards and expectations to them. Our behavior towards robots matters. The way we treat them reveals much about ourselves. In today’s episode, we will talk about how being nice is not the opposite of being cruel to them. I invited Bob Douglas and Mary Blossom from the AI Research Institute to introduce us to the topic. They agreed to produce a short podcast dialogue to get us started. I then discussed their introduction with Michael-John Turp and Minyi Wang.