Y. Karp? Why Not!

Should we be polite to our digital assistants? It’s a question that has become more and more important to answer as artificial intelligence continues to become a large part of our daily lives. This episode features special contributions from some of our listeners! This week’s podcast is brought to you by www.girlsciencestars.com . Show your teenage girls that they, too, can achieve great scientific discoveries. girlsciencestars.com features profiles of female science stars and what they have accomplished - new content almost every day! Click here to listen  on  Stitcher:  http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=152797&refid=stpr Click here to listen  on  iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/il/podcast/y-karp-why-not/id1291793305 Click here to listen  on  TuneIn:  https://tunein.com/radio/Y-Karp-Why-Not-p1038454/ Or play the episode directly from here: Yossi's Magazine: Everyone Needs One of These www.ykarp.com/magazine Follow on Twitter: @ykarp Follow on Google+: +Yossi Karp

I want to hear your opinion: Is it a good thing for us as individuals and as a society to say "please" and "thank you" to Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant? Is it fine for us to verbally abuse them because they are just robots?  Send me a WhatsApp voice message: +1 346 84 3 0044  You could be on the next podcast episode of Y. Karp? Why Not! Yossi's Magazine: Everyone Needs One of These www.ykarp.com/magazine Follow on Twitter: @ykarp Follow on Google+: +Yossi Karp Subscribe to Y. Karp? Why Not! or follow on Facebook Add this blog to your RSS feed reader

How do you separate very average technical writers from the best ones? SPECIAL MESSAGE! Be part of the next Y. Karp? Why Not! podcast episode! Are you polite to Google Assistant, Siri, or Amazon Alexa? Do you yell at them when they don’t give you the results you want? Leave me a voice message and let me know - you could be on the next episode of the Y. Karp? Why Not! podcast! Send me a WhatsApp voice message to +1 346 843 0044 and tell me your first name and then whether you think our kids should grow up saying “please” and “thank you” to these devices? How do you think relating to digital assistants as if they are real people affect our society, if at all? This week’s episode is proudly brought to you by ZekTec custom software. If off-the-shelf software packages just don’t cut it, ZekTec has you covered. Visit  www.zektec.com . Click here to listen on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=152797&refid=stpr Click here to listen on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/i

Now that Bitcoin has reached astronomical value (over $19,000 per coin as of today) the entire idea of cryptocurrencies - decentralized digital currencies - is once again a hot topic. Here's a bit about the most famous of all cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin. This week’s episode is proudly brought to you by ZekTec custom software. If off-the-shelf software packages just don’t cut it, ZekTec has you covered. Visit  www.zektec.com . Click here to listen on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=152797&refid=stpr Click here to listen on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/il/podcast/y-karp-why-not/id1291793305 Click here to listen on TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/Y-Karp-Why-Not-p1038454/ Or play the episode directly from here: Yossi's Magazine: Everyone Needs One of These www.ykarp.com/magazine Follow on Twitter: @ykarp Follow on Google+: +Yossi Karp Subscribe to Y. Karp? Why Not! or follow on Facebook Add this blog to your RSS feed reader

I have something a bit different for you this week - I challenged myself to write a story in only one hour and then to narrate it on this podcast. Well, I did, and here it is - enjoy! This week's podcast is proudly brought to you by ZekTec custom software. If off-the-shelf software packages just don’t cut it, ZekTec has you covered. Visit www.zektec.com Click here to listen on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=152797&refid=stpr Click here to listen on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/il/podcast/y-karp-why-not/id1291793305 Click here to listen on TuneIn: https://tunein.com/radio/Y-Karp-Why-Not-p1038454/ Or play the episode directly from here: Yossi's Magazine: Everyone Needs One of These www.ykarp.com/magazine Follow on Twitter: @ykarp Follow on Google+: +Yossi Karp Subscribe to Y. Karp? Why Not! or follow on Facebook Add this blog to your RSS feed reader

Which jobs will still be around in 50 to 100 years? It’s really hard to know. Almost every profession out there has a technological doppelganger. Writers, coders, technicians, drivers, construction workers, you name it. But what's the one profession that will absolutely never disappear? This episode is proudly brought to you by our sponsor ZekTec custom software. If off-the-shelf software just doesn't cut it, ZekTec has you covered. Visit www.zektec.com . Click here to listen on Stitcher:  http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=152797&refid=stpr Click here to listen on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/il/podcast/y-karp-why-not/id1291793305 Click here to listen on TuneIn:  https://tunein.com/radio/Y-Karp-Why-Not-p1038454/ Or play the episode directly from here: Yossi's Magazine: Everyone Needs One of These www.ykarp.com/magazine Follow on Twitter: @ykarp Follow on Google+: +Yossi Karp Subscribe to Y. Karp? Why Not! or follow on Facebook (see the side-bar). Add