Episode 17

Nicky Campbell presents a special edition from Heartlands Academy in Birmingham and asks just one very big question: Could robots and artificial intelligence do more harm than good?

Taking part are: Ian Goldin, professor, globalisation and development at Oxford University; Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty; Noel Sharkey, professor, artificial intelligence and robotics at Sheffield University ; Kathleen Richardson, professor, ethics of robots and artificial intelligence at De Montfort University; Kevin Warwick, professor, cybernetics at Reading and Warwick Universities; Tom Lipinski, chief innovation officer at Q-Bot; Pippa Malgrem, economist and founder of H Robots; Christopher Markou, law at Cambridge University; Emily Cross, professor, neuroscience and social robotics at Glasgow University; Nichi Hodgson, journalist and author; and Pepper the robot.