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Welcome to The Network State podcast, where we explore the future of technology and its impact on society.
Today we had the pleasure of speaking with Daniel Go, a German software engineer who has led an unconventional life, shaped by his experiences of growing up in post-communist Germany, being brainwashed in India, and now residing in Malta.
After founding CoCoHub, Daniel is now embarking o...2023-05-051h 13
CocohubsThe Church- A Disjointed Association EP 2 By Williams Prince Chibuike With Precious Chukwuma OgolomaIn this episode we were discussing on possible reasons that makes people stop attending church and we highlighted on the things that happens in the church and the attitude of members in the church. As you listen to this episode with open mind, grasp the positives and font forget to share afterwards. Follow u on Audiomack via https://www.audiomack.com/cocohub2023-04-0431 minCocohubsHandling A New Environment EP 2 - Williams Prince ChibuikeHandling a new environment is talking about how to get yourself familiarized and prepared when you move into a new location or area. This episode highlights few necessary points you MUST do to get started in a totally different environment. Don't miss to put into practice! Follow us on Audiomack via - https://www audiomack.com/cocohub Action: Subscribe to this Podcast. #informative #environment #travel #educative #culture #contemporary #tours2023-02-0115 minCocohubsThe Resolution EP 3 : A Bit of Everything By Williams Prince ChibuikeA bit of everything talks about literally everything in bits and pieces we need to kick start our New Year with. Listen to this episode and find out interesting facts and information that'll prepare us for the year 2023. Follow us on Audiomack via - http:www.//audiomack.com/cocohub #NewYearResolution #NewYearTricks #Informative #Educative #Lifestyle #People #Contemporary #Ethics2023-01-1412 minCocohubsAre You Not A Man? (Let Men Be Humans) by Williams Prince ChibuikeThis solo episode centers around the societal standards set for men, the ideology cooked up that a man should or should not do. Men are first humans before anything else, hence, they should be allowed to express themselves as humans. Listen to this episode and hear some of the standards set by the society for men. Always find time to share and download our episodes. Follow us on Audiomack via https://audiomack.com/cocohub You want me on your podcast? You have something to share? Questions? Send me an email and I'll get back to you in no time.2022-11-0926 minCocohubsThe Era of Honest Opinion, Is it Fading Away? - Williams Prince ChibuikeIs the era of freedom, honest opinion and reviews gradually fading away? Are we trying to please people and not hurt anyone's feelings by giving out the half truth? Listen to this episode to pick out what the reason could be. Rate and subscribe to his podcast from whatever platform you're listening. Follow us on Audiomack via https://audiomack.com/cocohub2022-09-2314 minCocohubsIs Money Your Source of Happiness? By Williams Prince Chibuike FT DamieWest, Vera and ShadrachIt has been a general notion that money brings happiness and the lack of it leads to depression, in this episode we were looking at he fact behind this statement exploring various options and opinions regarding the correlation between Money and happiness. Listen to this episode which features three business minded people on money and happiness. Follow us on Audiomack via - https:audiomack.com/CocoHub Favourite and rate this podcast on any platform you're listening from and don't forget to share this audio with everyone. Follow the host on Twitter via - https://twitter.com/chibyyke_2022-08-3031 minCocohubsFootball Fanaticism, The New Toxic Space By Williams Prince Chibuike FT Biokpo, Dominic & DavidOn this episode I had three tenacious football fans who discussed the resurgent interest in football from a fans point of view stating clearly how it has become the new toxic space. The agenda, the banter, the counter opinion leading to bad blood and snide remarks, mainly by fans on social media, all these, for the love of their club. Listen to this interesting and engaging episode that has hilarious, disagreeing and episcopal moments. Follow us on Audiomack: https://audiomack.com/Cocohub Leave a comment, drop your rating and share this episode across. 🙏 Thank you so much. Want to reach out...2022-08-2139 minCocohubsAge Restriction, A Major Setback for a Job Seeker? By Williams P C With Mary, Obinna & Prince EbaThis episode has the thoughts of a Human Resource Manager, a Counsellor and a Virtual Assistant, highlighting the need for employers to manage the restrictions on age requirement for new and old graduates. Listening to this episode will mean you're going to get an exposè of ideas on how to tackle this obstruction to ones career path. But should age restriction be scrapped from employment requirements? Find out! #career #education #society #jobs #humandevelopment #personaldevelopment #humanresource #employment #work #capitaldevelopment This episode is sponsored by WOWZI, a social app where you can earn with your social media accounts with as little as 250 f...2022-07-1252 minCocohubsThe Pressure Chronicles By Williams Prince Chibuike With K C Aleme & Tombari FirimaLiving life everyday is a pressure, we encounter various sorts and forms of pressure but, how do you handle it? What do you do? Do you give into the Societal Pressure, the social media pressure? The pressure from family and the Peer Pressure? Listen to interesting facts backed by experience and observations on this episode with a Cinematographer and an Accountant. #lifehack #society #ethics #lifeexperiences #peerpressure #familypressure #societalpressure #morals #socialmedia Do not forget to subscribe to this podcast and give us a rating, we do appreciate this. Share this episode with friends and family for a greater outreach of this...2022-07-0558 minCocohubsBetting: A Lifestyle or An Investment? By Williams Prince Chibuike With Ernest IheanyichukwuIs betting a lifestyle or something you see as an investment? Can it be seen as a source of income? The proliferation of various betting sites has take advantage of our young helpless youths this day and it doesn't end there, it has eaten deep into them to the extent, some see it as a form of job, skill and moneymaking venture. Virtually every street has one or two bet shops spread around and it is detrimental to our focus. The problem we highlighted in this episode is more than we can envisage, and one to be cautious of. Is...2022-06-1629 min
Innovative Teaching PodcastChatbots, Keepster, and Summer ProjectsThe sabbatical project comes to an end, but not really so I provide an update on the virtual character development. I share what I am doing with the Keepster app and how you might want to use it for teaching and finishing up with summer project ideas. Please share what projects you plan to take on this summer.
Links mentioned in the podcast:
Dialogflow for conversation design of chatbots - https://dialogflow.cloud.google.com/
Cocohub for virtual character and chatbot technology - https://cocohub.ai/
Keepster for collecting text and making a...2022-05-1530 minCocohubsParental Guide EP 6: What Went Wrong With My Child? With Mary, Joy, DamieWest, Ifeoma & ShedrachThis episode of Parental Guide features Five speakers who dissected this topic concerning the resurgent immoral trends of children and adolescents. In this episode, we asked questions like: What Went Wrong? Who is the Fallguy? Can We Attribute this recent trends to Peer Pressure? And Who and What is Responsible? #parenting #parentalguide #familytips #childupbringingtips #childupbringing #children #kids #peers #family #parents #society #childeducation #kidseducation Follow us on Audiomack: https://audiomack.com/CocoHub. Please rate this podcast, subscribe and always share this audio to friends and family because it is very educative.2022-05-031h 04CocohubsMy NYSC Diary EP 3: The Experience of a Regimented LifestyleThis episode is a continuation of my sojourn Up North for a compulsory service to my country as a young graduate. In this episode was my numerous experience in camp with soldiers and trying to meet up with the new lifestyle I must comply with to survive in the four walls of Black Gold Camp, Kaduna State. Subscribe, rate and share this episode, also, we're on Audiomack: https://audiomack.com/CocoHub Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chibbyke_ #NYSC #story #storytelling #lifestyle #camping #sojourn #travelandtour #travelling #tours2022-04-2639 minCocohubsThe Irony of ShowOff:Charity Begins At Home - Williams Prince ChibuikeThis episode is talking about four different kinds of personalities: The Philanthropist to the World; The Perfect Personalities; The Pretenders and The Fake Life Merchants. Want to find out why Charity Begins At Home? Listen to this episode with open-mind and pick out the points highlighted in it. We are on Audiomack: https:/audiomack.com/CocoHub and do not forget to rate this podcast, follow us and subscribe to get exciting episodes delivered to you wherever you are. #society #personaldevelopment #lifestyle #morals #howtolive #goodlife #perfection #support #awareness #development #empathy #selfawareness #trends2022-04-1930 min
Innovative Teaching PodcastFelt App, Cocohub, and Creative Solutions for Budget CutsThe felt app is great for creating customized thank you cards on your mobile device. Learn about Cocohub’s three levels of the chat bot for virtual characters. What Are your creative solutions to overcome budget cuts?
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/innovative-teaching/message2022-03-1327 minCocohubsIs Love Enough in Marriage? With Williams P. C, Pst. Kayode-Crown, Gladys Ohagwa & Precious OgolomaThis episode is the first of it's kind on this podcast, a round table relationship discussion with three witty speakers, one a Marriage expert and counselors, the other also a marriage counselor and a singles forum leader in her ministry. This episode is centered around the idea that Love is actually enough in marriage but is that true? Find out in this sizzling hot love and Marriage talk. Also listen and like our page on Audiomack: https://audiomack.com/CocoHub I also want to inform you about the book launch of guest speaker Pastor Ope, titled: Sex in marriage, do...2022-02-2147 minInnovative Teaching PodcastChatbot Tech and Get a Wig!I have been in the "zone" working on my sabbatical project but I took time out today to create a podcast of updates. I share the tools I have been using to build the virtual character and some other fun information. Enjoy the show and feel free to share jokes that I can add to the conversation flow of the character.
Article mentioned in the podcast: 40 Small Talk Questions Your Chatbot Needs to Know (And Why It Matters): https://medium.com/twyla-ai/40-small-talk-questions-your-chatboamat-needs-to-know-and-why-it-matters-63caf03347f6
Amazon Lex: https://aws.amazon.com/lex/
Cocohub: https://about.cocohub.ai
Save...2022-02-1329 minCocohubsMental Health EP 2: The Mentality MonstersThis episode is a continuation from Episode 1, Lifestyle, A check in Metal Health where we discussed about some certain attitude we exhibit consciously or subconsciously that is silently killing our mental health. On this episode we highlighted on activities we engage in, that is not healthy for our innocent mindset, the extreme sentimental attachments, the negative devotion to things we shouldn't be doing and others. Listen to this episode and you'll agree it is a reality! Listen to our podcast in Audiomack: https: Audiomack.com/CocoHub Subscribe so you'll be the first to get notified on our newest monthly episodes...2022-02-0830 minCocohubsGeneral Discussion:Why Generalization? EP 1 With Williams Prince Chibuike, DamieWest, Mary & StephenThis episode is a round table discussion between three speakers and the host as to the REASONS. FOUNDATION of Name tagging, Negative generalization and Characterization of groups, ethnic, tribe or region for the mistake of an individual. The episode was an eye opener as to how this whole thing stared and if it can be stopped, or measures to out in place to curb it. Please rate and favourite this podcast so that you can get notifications on newer episodes. Follow us on Audiomack: https://audiomack.com/cocohub2022-01-2528 min
The Voicebot PodcastYakir Buskilla CEO of CoCoHub Talks Chatbots and Virtual HumansYakir Buskilla is CEO and co-founder of Cocohub, a publicly traded company on the Israeli stock exchange best known for its no-code chatbot development suite. Recently, the company is increasingly associated with virtual human technology, and Anna, one of the characters it developed as a chatbot avatar for deployment on Zoom and through other video channels. Buskilla took over as CEO after several years at Nielsen where he oversaw the company's R&D operation in Israel. Earlier, he co-founded Semanix which was focused on improving patent search technology. He has a background in Machine Learning, Big Data...2021-07-221h 04
Oh-My PodcastS1E4: Oh My...moment | Special Guest Speaker - Akina Shu 🇯🇵Meet special guest of the month - Akina Shu from Japan: a location-independent entrepreneur, international speaker, digital nomad, writer, and explorer at heart, Akina is currently running CoCoHub Japan and is a Global Ambassador of coliving brand -HAFH. Akina has traveled around the world with her father and published a picture book about the story, which was ranked in TOP1 among 5 categories on Amazon Kindle.
''One of my most challenging time was through my mom's death. 4 years ago, my mom was diagnosed with cancer and I went through taking care of her for a year. Unfortunately, within 1 year, she passed a...2021-06-2040 min
Taking TurnsTaking Turns - Ep 021 - Eric KadesWhat's in a sales chatbot? Is it the a great conversational experience by automation, or maybe a live chat agent waiting in the dark to save the day? And, wait - why not both? Eric Kades, Founder at TextChat by JetSense.ai, believes in combining those two - and gives several examples of how conversational interfaces can resurrect a campaign, improve conversion rate substantially, and even help students avoid dropping from college.2021-01-1915 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns - Ep 020 - Nick Thomson2020 was a tough year, but at least at digital marketing and transformation, it was the Year of the Chatbot. And while we look, most of the time, to the USA or Europe as the center of the universe, the South African market is awakening as well - which is a great reason to have Nick Thomson from GotBot on the line. So why is chatbots so easy to sell nowadays? What happens when a chatbot you've created is TOO successful? And why should a good chatbot be "super sassy"? Watch Nick's fascinating conversation with our host, Eran Soroka.2021-01-1023 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns - Ep 018 - Geertina HamstraGeertina Hamstra, mom of 2 daughters and +100 chatbots, knows first-hand how a chatbot can create a bond with a human.
In the 18th episode of Taking Turns with Eran Soroka, she also recalls a chatbot that she created to protect kids online, and talks about the importance of a bot's personality.
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The Future is SpokenCreating Human-Like Conversational AbilitiesYour voice interface creation will only be successful if it possesses human traits such as empathy and imperfection. Senior conversational designer Jason Gilbert digs deep into imbuing voice interfaces with human-like conversational abilities in this fascinating episode of The Future is Spoken. Jason is a senior AI conversational designer based in Israel. He is also the creator of AnnA, the conversational bot. The Importance of EmpathyJason explores so much in this episode, including the importance of imbuing voice interfaces with empathy. He discussed the creation of AnnA, conversational dy...2020-11-0948 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns - Ep016 - Zara JillingsHow can a human-like chatbot help a country connect better with its citizens during a pandemic? How can a digital person become your business' brand ambassador? And how did Zara Jillings, a national basketball star and NCAA starting PG, pivot to conversational AI? Watch this episode of Taking Turns, and as a bonus, get an unexpected answer to one of the hottest discussions of the last two seasons: Kawhi or LeBron?2020-10-2811 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Maciej MaliszewskiThe Coronavirus brought the world to a halt - including the physical experience of shopping... and that's where and when chatbots came to save the day. Maciej Maliszewski is the head of bots in K2bots.ai in Poland, where they help all kinds of businesses and institutes - from Ikea to the Warsaw University and deep into the fashion market. In the latest Taking Turns episodes, Maciej is talking about the gains businesses can get from going conversational, even in areas where the fit - pun intended - feels strange.2020-10-1313 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Ambreen MolitorSometimes, a societal change can be seen and measured in... the logs of a chatbot. Take, for example, Roo. The award-winning chatbot of Planned Parenthood was launched in February 2019 and had millions of conversations since - with teens from all over USA and the world. The insights are fascinating: following the #MeToo movement, for example, those teens are starting to search for ways to behave respectfully towards their partners. So, how did Roo came to life? How do they know when an adult is posing as a teenager? And what are the plans forward for the world's most popular se...2020-09-2921 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Lauren GolembiewskiLauren Golembiewski and her partner, developer and musician Matthew Buck, just loved to play at home with voice interactions and automation devices. When the industry started to evolve, they both quitted their jobs and founded Voxable, which helps companies - and individuals - create voice skills the right way. So, how can you learn an instrument with a voice bot? How hard was it to create a voice skill for SXSW? And why is a user research so crucial?2020-09-1420 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Rebecca EvanhoeHow are being a teacher and being a conversation designer similar? How can e-learning benefit from conversational AI? And how can Alexa help you prepare a Thanksgiving turkey? In the 12th episode of Taking Turns, Eran Soroka catches up with one of the biggest and experienced experts in the field - Rebecca Evanhoe. Enjoy the show!2020-08-3110 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Nir MeidanHow can the implementation of conversational AI in the gaming industry create a better experience for the gamer - and a new world of opportunities for gaming companies? Why is the inability to have a free-flowing conversation with a character "sticks like a sore thumb"? In Episode 11 of Taking Turns, especially for the Conversation Quest Meetup, Eran Soroka caught up with game development and design expert Nir Meidan.2020-08-3008 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Emiel LangebergHow can you convince your stakeholders to explore a new route and change their perception? How a meetup with Japanese audience made him a voice expert? And what's the important thing that companies missing in the Coronavirus era? Emiel Langeberg, voice conversation design lead for Dutch fintech company Kandoor, talks all of it and more in the latest episode of Taking Turns, hosted by Eran Soroka.2020-08-3009 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Thorben StemannThorben Stemann wasn't supposed to build and oversee a chatbot - but a customer's request turned him into a chatbot developer. On the latest episode of Taking Turns, the former project manager talks about the importance of language and translations, how chatbot became an advantage for his company, and how relationship between users and his bot took a strange turn.2020-08-3011 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Maaike CoppensConversation design was the perfect place from Maaike Coppens; Already being a UX and languague enthusiast, she fould a way to combine her two favourite fields into one. In our latest episode of Taking Turns, Coppens joins us to emphasize the importance of good UX, inclusion, and especially words - sometimes an afterthought, but always a potential for making the user angry or frustrated. How do you do it the right way? That's why Maaike is here. Enjoy the show!2020-08-3015 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Hillary BlackHillary Black hailed from social media, branding and copywriting, and joined the chatbot movement early - to become an expert in the field. Now, she can tell that those two worlds look similar to her in some aspect; recall a funny story about her days in Vine and Twitter; and explain why here current two-way texting robot at Mav is "a combination of like all of the best things that I've ever done".2020-08-3007 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Greg Bennett"I could feel a breakup is coming, although I couldn't see his face, I couldn't hear his voice". All of us suffer an eventual heartbreak; but instead of hanging his head down, Greg Bennett became intrigued with the place where it happened - the textual chat. Now, as a conversation design lead for Salesforce, he made the best out of it - dissecting the message to its tiniest components: commas, emojies, periods, pauses. This interview is a deep, fascinating dive into the amazing world of linguistics. We hope you'll enjoy it like we did.2020-08-3022 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Kent MoritaWhat's an improv comedy - a wild, vibrant, full of laughter event, and a chatbot - a planned, mechanical process, have in common? If you ask Kent Morita from Soul Machines, the answer is simple: a lot. Morita joins us for a great episode of Taking Turns, to talk about the importance of humor in a bot, the importance of face expressions, and an how an awkward anecdote led him to actually have more confidence in his workplace.2020-08-3013 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Henry GinsburgHow being a live chat agent at a bank can make somebody ready for being a conversation designer? And how home beer brewing can make you the next conversation designer? We talked it over with Henry Ginsburg, who's running Michelle, the chatbot for University of the People - which helps people from all over the world get an American accredited, tuition-free degree, completely online.2020-08-3007 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Michelle ParayilWhen talking about creativity in fighting the Coronavirus pandemic, Chatbots are a great way of reaching and teaching a lot of people in a short time. Michelle Parayil works at Haptik.ai, a company that its Corona chatbot became the Indian government's official tool and chatted with 25 million people only in its first month. In this episode of Taking Turns, Michelle join us to share her experience - and talk about how one bad copy can ruin a customer's day.2020-08-3008 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Mary TomassoMary Tomasso's story is, in a way, the story of the remote working online industry. She started working online at 2009, by creating content and helping hundreds of people getting their business into the virtual space; then, when conversational AI entered the field, she became a leader in it, too. In the 2nd episode of our new web series, Taking Turns, Mary shares her experience, and also gives a compliment that made us blush.2020-08-3009 minTaking TurnsTaking Turns with Michelle ZhouAfter working in the intersection of human and computer's communication for about 20 years, Dr. Michelle Zhou - CEO and founder of Juji.io - knows a lot about how to make this connection as natural as possible. At our new show, Taking Turns - A conversation designed for conversation designers - Zhou joined us to tell about her expertise, share some tips - and explain what happens when a chatbot has a brain freeze.2020-08-3013 min
TARS ConversationsWhy Filmmakers Make Better Chatbots Than Engineers w/ Jason Gilbert, Lead Conversational Designer at CoCoHubWhat do filmmaking and chatbot creation have in common with each other?Quite a bit as it turns out!A few weeks back I spoke with Jason Gilbert, Lead Conversational Designer at CoCoHub, and multiple Webby award winner about his thoughts on conversational design and if there is one thing that I learned from talking with him it was that if you want to make a chatbot that users actually enjoy, then you should go to film school.On the surface, this might seem like a controversial statement to make because...2020-07-1037 min