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Lauren McCarthy is an artist and assistant professor at UCLA - https://twitter.com/laurmccarthy Her latest project LAUREN, is a human intelligent smart home. Lauren will visit your home, deploy a series of smart devices, and watch over you remotely 24/7. Learn more here - https://get-lauren.com/ YC's podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon - http://twitter.com/craigcannon
Lauren McCarthy discusses her exploration of social dynamics through art, particularly in her project 'Social Triggers'.
"so today we have Lauren McCarthy she is an artist based in LA could you give us a quick background sure um I'm an artist based in LA I'm a assistant professor here at UCLA design media arts but my art..."
This segment explores how giving up control during dates led to personal growth and a broader understanding of identity.
"that I had hoped but also less successful than I had feared yeah the thing that it did really was make I guess one thing I'm always trying to do without getting too philosophical here's understand lik..."
Exploring the need for inclusive environments in technology and art.
"college it was like immediately afterwards I was like oh wow all these people know how to like interact with each other weird when was I supposed to get that one so I was like well what can I do I can..."
This segment explores how design decisions in a tool aid diverse contributors by ensuring accessibility, understandable language, and comprehensive documentation.
"this product of this particular like I mean it's an entire like framework right for building yeah what about it is attractive most people I think it's part of it is the design so if we have that core ..."
Exploring how technology can enhance interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence.
"exactly another and then how it is actually interactive yeah and so you get to select how much of these things you want to feel in a given day when you wake up and then it filters your posts according..."
Exploring the complexities of buying and distributing digital art and media.
"these projects are sort of working with people kind of desire to buy into things and not in a superficial light like you give someone a product in you tell them it does something and they really start..."
This segment discusses challenges in selling digital art, ownership rights, and innovative models artists explore for monetization.
"trickiness of just like if I sell you a digital file what is there anything wrong with like just making a copy and giving it to someone else like is there some difference between the copy of a file or..."
Exploring the fascinating influence of home automation devices on personal interactions and cultural values.
"something this is not going back into the box totally or you have to get really good at painting so is there like what are you really excited about right now like what are you what are you working on ..."
Exploring the nuances of human-AI relationships and emotional labor in smart home technology.
"do you account for like the huge range of people that might be using this so that's that's what we've been thinking about and then the project I'm working on is I'm trying to become I like Amazon Alex..."
This segment explores creating meaningful interactions through technology, focusing on personalized user experiences.
"that like over like you know I'm with my friend of the coffee shop he just strikes up a conversation with the woman behind the counter and I'm like I don't know how to do that but I'm going to build t..."
Exploring how humor helps us reflect on the implications of technology while engaging audiences.
"be a weird part of it um and then the question is like well does this feel more invasive than like you know google Dropcam or less or if you know that like it's a human but like your your camera's not..."
Exploring the balance between fear and excitement in evolving technology projects.
"me it's like important I guess that's part of it like yes we feel scared we feel uncertain things are changing quickly we don't know what's going to happen something seemed definitely going in a terri..."
This segment emphasizes the importance of experimentation, community, and mentorship for artists, particularly in the context of education.
"p5.js openFrameworks Arduino for electronics these are really great places to just start messing around school is great but I don't think it's like necessary at all I think what's really actually exci..."
Lauren McCarthy reflects on the impact of storytelling in art and shares her projects and online presence.
"usually your character really twisted and I also love this movie called Synecdoche New York where it's like this artist kind of building this world that he sort of loses students often but the last sc..."