Bixby Developers Chat

In this episode, Roger talks with KQED's Senior Producer of Voice and AI, Lowell Robinson. Lowell and KQED have been very innovative with voice and have explored the interaction between humans and machines in depth. Lowell discusses KQED innovations, the challenges of voice, and philosophically about man-machine interactions. Links from the Show KQED - www.kqed.org The Voicebot Chronicles Skill - www.amazon.com/VoiceBot-Chronicles-KQED-Interactive/dp/B08433THZY Human or Machine Skill - https://www.amazon.com/KQED-Human-or-Machine/dp/B09SR98HY6 Keeping in Touch Lowell on LinkedIn- www.linkedin.com/in/lowellrobinson/ Lowell on Twitter - @lowellr Host: Roger Kibbe (@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe Episodes All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at: bixbydev.buzzsprout.com More about Bixby Samsung Bixby is a next-generation AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace and Bixby devices, including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more. Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/ Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/ Support the show

In this episode, Roger talks with entrepreneur Michael Novak. Michael and Roger discuss Michael's history with voice, his work with the Open Voice Network, voice and privacy, and where and how Web3 and the metaverse intersect with voice. As always Roger asks his guest to give his voice predictions at the end! Keeping in Touch Michael on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/iotmichaelnovak Michael on Twitter - @MisterNova Host: Roger Kibbe (@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe Episodes All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at: bixbydev.buzzsprout.com More about Bixby Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more. Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/ Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/ Support the show

In this episode, Roger talks with his colleague at Samsung, Prasad Sethumadhavan. Prasad has had a career working with Microsoft Cortana, Amazon Alexa, and Samsung Bixby as well as earlier voice assistants like TellMe. Roger and Prasad discuss the state of voice, what is working and what isn't and why, and the future of voice. Roger and Prasad discuss: Prasad's background TellMe - the "OG" telephone-based phone assistant B2B and B2C voice and how B2B is hot in voice now Voice Commerce Viv Labs and its next-gen voice platform Where Bixby was and is Voice and IOT devices/Smarthome How a virtual version of a human assistant is the ultimate goal The infamous Knowledge Navigator demo and how close we are Challenges with voice, discoverability, NLU needs, etc Web, mobile, and voice Prasad's hidden gem Prasad's 2022 and 10-year predictions Keeping in Touch Prasad on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/prasadsethumadhavan Host: Roger Kibbe (@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe Episodes All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at: bixbydev.buzzsprout.com More about Bixby Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more. Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/ Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/ Support the show

In this episode, Roger talks with Tim Kahle and Dominik Meißner of 169 Labs. Tim and Dominik are voice OG's and have a long history of building compelling voice experiences. Roger, Tim, and Dominik discuss: Their first experiences with voice Their infamous travel experiences getting to the seminal 2018 Alexa Conference How and why 169 Labs was founded Some early 169 Labs voice experiences The evolution of voice from 2017 to the present How user's expectations of voice have changed and have not changed Why simplicity wins Building voice apps for kids What industries in Germany are building voice experiences Voice industry adoption and usage in Germany and Europe What's holding back voice adoption Advances in voice technology and what's needed Tim and Dominik's hidden gem voice experiences Their prediction for the short term and long term future Links from the Show 169 Labs - www.169labs.com All About Voice conferences and events - www.allaboutvoice.io Keeping in Touch Tim on Twitter - @kahle Tim on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/timkahle Dominik on Twitter - @d_meissner Dominik on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/dominik-meissner 169 Labs on Twitter - @169labs Host: Roger Kibbe (@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe Episodes All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at: bixbydev.buzzsprout.com More about Bixby Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more. Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/ Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/ Support the show

In this episode, Roger talks with Steve Tingiris, the CEO of Dabble Lab. Steve is an expert in voice development and has just published a book about using OpenAI's GPT-3 Roger and Steve discuss Steve's first experience with voice and how he started developing for it Steve's ambitious first Alexa skill What Steve's company, Dabble Lab does The opportunities in B2B and contact centers Steve's love for creating tutorials What GPT-3 is What GPT-3 is good at and an example GPT-3 based skill - Improv Partner How Improv Partner uses GPT-3 to content filter itself The challenges of using language models like GPT-3 What GPT-3 isn't good at Codex and Copilot - Programming tools that will revolutionize developing software Using the right tools for the right job when developing How long Steve will be programming? Will he be programming in his 80's? Steve's hidden gem - something voice is very good at that too few people use Steve's short term and long term predictions Keeping in touch Links from the Show Dabble Lab - dabblelab.com Open AI (GPT-3) - openai.com Exploring GPT-3 (Steve's GPT-3 book) - www.packtpub.com/product/exploring-gpt-3/9781800563193 Improv Partner (Alexa Skill) - www.amazon.com/Dabble-Lab-Improv-Partner/dp/B09G49HW3L Keeping in Touch Steve on Twitter - @tingiris Dabble Lab on Twitter - @dabblelab Steve on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/tingiris/ Host: Roger Kibbe (@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe Episodes All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at: bixbydev.buzzsprout.com More about Bixby Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more. Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/ Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/ Bixby Developer News/Blogs - https://bixby.developer.samsung.com/ Support the show