Can We Harness A.I. For Good?

Can We Harness A.I. For Good?

Professor Brian Cox and our expert panel explore the reality and possibilities of artificial intelligence, and how it's changing our lives.

A.I. and machine learning are now part of our everyday lives, but where are they headed and who is in charge? Our panel of scientists, writers and policymakers answers audience questions about the hopes and fears surrounding A.I. and how it can be controlled, and whether it creates new problems – or just amplifies the ones we already have.

Panellists

  • Adrian Weller – Director of Research in Machine Learning, University of Cambridge and Head of Safe and Ethical A.I. at The Alan Turing Institute
  • Jeanette Winterson – Writer and author of 12 Bytes: How Artificial Intelligence Will Change the Way We Live and Love
  • Steph Wright – Head, Scottish A.I. Alliance
  • Neil Lawrence – Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge and author of The Atomic Human: Understanding Ourselves in the Age of A.I.

Watch the video version of this episode and read a transcript on our website: www.crick.ac.uk/podcast/ai

If you have a follow up question about any of the episodes in the series, email us: aquestionofscience@bbc.co.uk

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Music by John Biddle

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