S7:E3 - Chatbots Could Help Mitigate Eating Disorders, Retro Slavic Adventure Games, NFT Twitter Profile Pictures, and More

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This week we talk about Twitter NFT profile pictures and some stories about US government versus big tech. Then we speak with Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, about a research paper she co-authored about how the use of chatbots could help prevent and mitigate eating disorders. Then we speak with Maroš Brojo, general manager at Slovak Game Developers Association, about a wealth of unearthed slavic text adventure games from the 80’s that he and his team have translated and featured at the Slovak Design Museum.

Show Notes

• DevDiscuss (sponsor)
• CodeNewbie (sponsor)
• Avalanche (sponsor)
• Twitter’s New NFT Feature is an Annoying Show-off of Crypto Wealth
• Senate Panel Approves Antitrust Bill Restricting Big Tech Platforms
• Google sued by DC and three states for ‘deceptive’ Android location tracking
• Effectiveness of a chatbot for eating disorders prevention: A randomized clinical trial
• Playable English Localizations of Slovak Digital Games From the Late 80s Period

Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft

Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine and a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in eating disorders and digital mental health. Her research aims to develop and test innovative digital solutions to reach the large number of people in need of care for mental health problems, including eating disorders, but who are not receiving services.

Maroš Brojo

Maroš Brojo is the Executive Director of the Slovak Game Developers Association. He is the founder of the Game Days developer conference and works as a curator of the multimedia collection at the Slovak Design Museum.