Spark from CBC Radio show

Spark from CBC Radio

Summary: Spark on CBC Radio One Nora Young helps you navigate your digital life by connecting you to fresh ideas in surprising ways.

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Podcasts:

 369: Self-teaching bots, AI copyright, and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:42

Robot e-mail answering. AI and intellectual property. Netflix "binge racers". Tech's Frankenstein moment. Unrestricted machine learning.

 368: Deadly devices, watching rocks and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:42

Trying to track online political advertising. Facebook, politics and foreign influence. Wi-Fi breach. Watching rocks. The cost of designing our devices to die.

 367: Loneliness, Algorithms, War and Peace | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:40

The trouble with advertising algorithms. The Loneliness Project. Why you should read War and Peace on your phone.

 366: Smelling data, competing for Amazon, and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:40

How your PC may be making someone else rich. Getting emotional about online privacy. Blade Runner and what it means to be human in the age of AI. And, cities battle to be home to Amazon's second headquarters

 365: Turning the economy upside down, leaking data's smell, surrogate robot students and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:37

How machines, platforms and the crowd are changing everything.

 364: Reimagining the classroom, the university, and the trades | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:37

How can we best prepare young people for a work environment that's constantly evolving?

 363: Social media for disaster, buffering, robot lawyers and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:37

How AI might help rescuers use social media in a disaster, The end of buffering in streaming media? Why the world isn't ready for robot lawyers, What Canadian workers can expert from automation, and Ageism: The hidden barrier in tech invention

 362: Machine learning outliers, smart device "ownership," and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:34

Do you really "own" your smart devices? How can machine learning understand unusual data? The video selfie as CV. A website that forces you to go offline to see it.

 The Spark guide to living, part 10: Creativity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:34

Jumpstart your own creative process with our look at how innovative, creative and even brilliant ideas happen.

 The Spark guide to living, part 4: Disability and assistive tech | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

The Spark Guide to Living looks at how technology has made living with disability easier and more manageable.

 The Spark guide to living, part 5: Money and tech | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

We look at how money and finance is being radically changed by technology

 The Spark guide to living, part 6: Designing your life | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

How has technology made living easier? Or has it made life more difficult? The Spark guide to asks how tech helps you design your life.

 The Spark guide to living, part 7: The impact of algorithms | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

Algorithms govern our search results to what we see on Facebook. We examine the hidden impacts of technology.

 The Spark guide to living, part 8: Loneliness and Technology | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

Technology allows us to connect more than ever. So why are so many people lonely?

 The Spark guide to living, part 9: Artificial Intelligence | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

Will we soon welcome our robot overlords? Or is AI much more benign? Spark looks at the state of AI

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