Emotional AI Lab on 'The Critical Technology Podcast'

Andrew McStay of the Lab joined Dr. Sara Grimes (Director of the KMDI, and expert on digital play) to talk about the ethics and impacts of AI technologies designed to read and respond to our emotions, and their growing presence in children’s lives.

They covered a lot of ground in the podcast (direct link to episode on Spotify here) including smart toys, virtual assistants, and machine learning apps spread across homes and schools, and how an increasing number of children are now living, learning, and growing up around artificial intelligence or “AI”. Pros, cons, and what to do about this, all covered!

Illustration, Kenji Toyooka, 2022