Listen "S3 Ep74: Building humane technology with Erika Anderson, co-founder and CCO at Storytell.ai"
Episode Synopsis
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Savena Surana are joined by Erika Anderson, co-founder and CCO at Storytell.ai and author of Building Humane Tech substack.
They discuss what humane technology means for Storytell.ai and how the team implements responsible design principles in the technology that they develop.
The episode also touches on the need for storytelling in business, the four different stages of people’s relationship with AI, and the growing dangers of AI companion bots.
Find more about Storytell.ai here: https://storytell.ai/
Follow Erika here (X): https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikamanderson/
Reading Building Humane Tech here: https://humanetech.substack.com/
And some other recommendations from Erika:
Read Erika’s draft Humane Tech product principles: https://humanetech.substack.com/p/draft-humane-product-principles
Watch Storytell’s webinar on building AI with integrity: https://web.storytell.ai/webinars/storytell-webinar-building-ai-with-integrity
Complete Storytell’s company workshop on algorithmic bias: https://web.storytell.ai/webinars/from-theory-to-practice-how-to-address-algorithmic-bias
Check out the Clean Communication framework here: https://www.clean-communication.com/
And listen to Undivided Attention episodes on Character.ai: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ksKxpSW9fMPNgUqHFcTLG?si=W6h6V1DDRwOp9uybStz9iw&nd=1&dlsi=e8c90a9ff3034ba9
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ahOQ34R03iUuEacQ62Vve?si=dfG4FnZhTjOyNwK6CPXL5g&nd=1&dlsi=bca81a06b79c4cc4
They discuss what humane technology means for Storytell.ai and how the team implements responsible design principles in the technology that they develop.
The episode also touches on the need for storytelling in business, the four different stages of people’s relationship with AI, and the growing dangers of AI companion bots.
Find more about Storytell.ai here: https://storytell.ai/
Follow Erika here (X): https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikamanderson/
Reading Building Humane Tech here: https://humanetech.substack.com/
And some other recommendations from Erika:
Read Erika’s draft Humane Tech product principles: https://humanetech.substack.com/p/draft-humane-product-principles
Watch Storytell’s webinar on building AI with integrity: https://web.storytell.ai/webinars/storytell-webinar-building-ai-with-integrity
Complete Storytell’s company workshop on algorithmic bias: https://web.storytell.ai/webinars/from-theory-to-practice-how-to-address-algorithmic-bias
Check out the Clean Communication framework here: https://www.clean-communication.com/
And listen to Undivided Attention episodes on Character.ai: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ksKxpSW9fMPNgUqHFcTLG?si=W6h6V1DDRwOp9uybStz9iw&nd=1&dlsi=e8c90a9ff3034ba9
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ahOQ34R03iUuEacQ62Vve?si=dfG4FnZhTjOyNwK6CPXL5g&nd=1&dlsi=bca81a06b79c4cc4
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