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The Ethics of AI

Prof Michael Sandel asks if extracting the voices of dead musicians, digitally de-aging living actors, or relying on algorithms to find a future husband or wife is creepy or cool.

Is extracting the voices of dead musicians, digitally de-aging living actors, or relying on AI algorithms to pick a future husband or wife creepy or cool?

Professor Michael Sandel of Harvard University - Radio 4's 'Public Philosopher' - discusses these and other questions with an audience at the Hay Festival in Wales.

Producer: Ben Carter
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Sound Engineer: Andy Fell
Production co-ordinators: Janet Staples and Liam Morrey

Archive credits:

Apple Music: The Beatles, Now and Then
Intuition Robotics: ElliQ

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Thu 29 Aug 202419:15
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