Audrey Watters

Travel From Hermosa Beach, CA to Medford, OR (staying in Grants Pass, OR) Upcoming week: ??? Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Writing Here and Elsewhere HEWN, No. 164 via tinyletter.com The Week in Robots on audreywatters.com Drone Recovery, Week 3 via tinyletter.com Trend to Watch: Social Emotional Learning on...

SpaceX successfully lands a Falcon 9 rocket at sea for the third time When a Robot Books Your Airline Ticket Why do chatbots suck? Human obsolescence: Are we ready for an artificially intelligent future? Robots add real value when working with humans, not replacing them The Morality of Robotic War...

Travel Dublin and back Upcoming week: Hermosa Beach then to southern Oregon Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News The Rough Beasts of Ed-Tech Writing Elsewhere HEWN, No. 163 via tinyletter.com The Week in Robots on audreywatters.com Heroin Moonshot on audreywatters.com The Rough Beasts of Ed-Tech on medium.com Speaking I gave...

Google’s artificial intelligence chief says ‘we’re in an AI spring’ If Google's right about AI, that’s a problem for Apple No Industry Can Afford to Ignore Artificial Intelligence A Tiny Robot That Can Fly and, Amazingly, Rest Drones Pique the Interest of Entrepreneurs A Hilarious Robot that Automatically Doles Out...

This all feels very out of control. Out of my control. My therapist would interject here that, when it comes to a loved one’s addiction, indeed it is. Addiction. It’s not really my story to tell (right now). I am not certain I can find the right words to begin...

The template that I use to write this “week in review” makes a lot of sense when the week is “normal.” But even when it’s not normal – when my time is spent doing something other than writing, researching, and speaking, when my mind and my body are elsewhere –...

Google’s Self-Driving Cars Will Take Your Captive Body To An Empty Lot And Bury You Deep In The Ground After Running You Over This AI has killer dance moves Google to Developers: Here’s How to Stop Making Dumb Chatbots Robots won’t just take jobs, they’ll create them Should we fear...

Tweet of the Week Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others— Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) May 13, 2016 Travel Yes. Destination: Yosemite Upcoming week: Yes. Destination: Unknown (Spontaneous road-trip is spontaneous) Hack Education Hack Education Weekly News Writing Elsewhere HEWN, No. 161 via tinyletter.com The Week in Robots on...

"How I go to the woods" Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don't really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way...

Meet the robot that pretends to listen Drone Racing Seeks Attention With a Speedy Flyby Bots This chat bot pretends to be you so you can keep up with your friends Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot We are passing the Turing test right on schedule...