Man vs. Machine
A selection of programmes pitting humans against machines
Artificial Intelligence—Analysis
As top scientists warn of the risks of AI, should we fear super-intelligent machines?
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The Law and Artificial Intelligence—Unreliable Evidence
Clive Anderson asks how the law will act when artificially intelligent robots go wrong.
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Would you let a robot look after your child?
Prof Noel Sharkey talks about the development of 'childcare robots'.
"Being a cyborg restored my humanity"
When all the other treatments failed to help her depression Brandy turned to technology.
Artificial Intelligence—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg investigates artificial intelligence; can a computer imitate the human mind?
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Noel Sharkey—The Life Scientific
Jim Al-Khalili talks to roboticist and psychologist, Noel Sharkey.
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Episode 1—Robots that Care
Jon Stewart examines how scientists are trying to bridge the gap between robots and humans
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Robot Farmers—Costing the Earth
How satellite technology and advances in robotics may revolutionise the future of farming.
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Margaret Boden on artificial intelligence—The Life Scientific
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Maggie Boden, a world authority in the field of AI.
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A Robot Daughter—The Philosopher's Arms, Series 1
Matthew Sweet discovers his daughter is a robot. Should this change how he treats her?
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Artificial Intelligence and Cinema—Cells and Celluloid: A Science and Cinema Special
Adam Rutherford and Francine Stock return in a new edition of the film and science special
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When Robots Steal Our Jobs—Analysis
Technology has decimated manual labour. Now it has its sights on white-collar work.
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Machine Intelligence—A Point of View
Lisa Jardine compares the computer science legacies of Alan Turing and Ada Lovelace.
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Robots and gender - Economic progress—Thinking Allowed
Laurie Taylor hears why growth is good for all. Plus the rise of the fembot.
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The Lonely Cyborg—Five Hundred Years of Friendship
How the old and the young are navigating friendships through new technology today.
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Professor Kevin Warwick: man or machine?
The University of Reading Professor explains one can fail the Turing Test.
