#19 Alex Gillespie on Language, Intelligence and Consciousness

We chat artificial intelligence and digital health with Dr Iain Doig. Iain is a passionate advocate for equitable healthcare, having previously held the role of Global Health Education officer in the ...

3 Juli 202034min

We discuss accessible technology for people with disabilities and focus on exemplar projects coming from the gaming and Big Tech industries.

25 Juni 202016min

What could the Imitation Game mean for patient care in modern medicine? Alan Turing asked 'Can machines think?' in 1950. He predicted that by 2000 we would have a convincing answer to this question, b...

18 Juni 202021min

Society as we know it is racist. There is a reason that the maternal mortality in black women is 5 times that of white women in the U.K. What is the nature of our unequal and unjust medical systems of...

4 Juni 202022min

The COVID crisis has provided a platform for technological innovation that is not dependent on inventing new technology from scratch but instead seeks to find novel ways of using existing technologies...

28 Maj 202016min

‘Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century’ according to The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. Is it too late to do anything or do we still stand a chance? Th...

14 Maj 202015min

Humans are inherently social animals. How then does a social animal cope without socialising? We have adapted to communicating with friends and family online, but is this level of social interaction e...

7 Maj 202017min

A groundbreaking new vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 virus has been developed in just 2 days! How has AI helped us better understand the structure of SARS-CoV-2 virus? Who is making the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine?...

28 Apr 202015min