On The Digital Life this week, we chat about the Department of Homeland Security’s new cyber defense organization. The National Risk Management Center will be in charge of coordinating efforts to prevent hackers from targeting key US economic and other
The Digitial Life #269: Digital Capitalism
On The Digital Life this week, we chat about capitalism and the problems that it causes as we’re creating a digital future. Digital capitalism, as it stands, is not only an extension of an unfair and oppressive system, it’s actually
The Digitial Life #268: The AI Mind
This week on The Digital Life, we dig into the broad array of applications of AI and the role that the AI mind has in augmenting human intelligence. When it comes to AI, what kind of intelligence are we talking
The Digitial Life #267: Secret Design Skills
Our special guest this week on The Digital Life is design strategist, Ben Sauer, who’s investigating the idea of secret design skills for his new book. Design is filled with cross-pollination from other fields, from writing to architecture, acting to
#197 Megagames with Ben Kanelos and Leslie Loy
Ben Kanelos – @bkgamedesign Dirk Knemeyer – @DKnemeyer, artana.com, dirk@artana.com Leslie Loy – leslie.loy@westcoastmegagames.com, westcoastmegagames.com Episode Outline – 00:22 What is a megagame? – 01:20 What is the upper limit of the number or players? – 03:28 What about the
The Digitial Life #266: Digital / Human
On the podcast this week, we take a look at the strange new world of developing digital humans — convincing CGI rendering of people in virtual space, which may or may not be connected to AI. Pioneering this category of
The Digitial Life #265: Digital Disguises and Facial Recognition
On the podcast this week, we examine facial recognition software and digital disguises. It seems like AI-driven facial recognition systems are just about everywhere—from the face-scanning technologies for law enforcement and government to everyday social media tagging. Tools like these
The Digitial Life #264: Bio Threat Games
On The Digital Life this week, we discuss “gaming” techniques and design fiction for the purposes of imagining possible scenarios around emerging technologies and their effects and consequences. Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Health Security recently sponsored an exercise in
The Digitial Life #263: Super Technologies
On The Digital Life this week, we discuss the idea of “super technologies”—the combination and subsequent amplification of emerging technologies like AI, robotics, and the IoT. The recently released MIT Sloan executive guide “Seven Technologies Remaking the World” highlights pervasive
#196 Admired Designers, Unlikely Games Enjoyed and Listener Questions
Cole Wehrle – @colewehrle, cole@leadergames.com Dirk Knemeyer – @DKnemeyer, artana.com, dirk@artana.com Kathryn Hymes – @chicalashaw, thornygames.com Episode Outline – 00:07 Welcome! – 01:50 Admired designers – 01:55 Brenda Romero, previously known as Brenda Brathwaite – 02:57 Avery Alder – 06:50