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The Artificial Human

Artificial intelligence is in our homes, phones, schools and workplaces... What does this even mean? Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong answer the questions we're all asking about AI.

Radio 4,37 episodes

Episodes

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Can AI do my Christmas shopping?
Aleks and Kevin ask if you should let AI do your Christmas shopping.
29 Oct 2025,29 mins
Did AI Fuel the Charlie Kirk Rumour Mill
Aleks and Kevin explore how people turned to AI to solve Charlie Kirk's murder.
22 Oct 2025,29 mins
Is AI dividing us politically?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask, does your politics change how you see AI?
15 Oct 2025,29 mins
Why am I sad when my AI goes away?
Companionship has become the top use case for AI. Aleks & Kevin explore the consequences.
08 Oct 2025,29 mins
Why is AI erasing people?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if AI is erasing certain people from who we see online.
01 Oct 2025,29 mins
Can AI make me fitter?
Can AI be a personal trainer to get you off the sofa, and onto the marathon start line?
24 Sep 2025,28 mins
Everything You Always Wanted to Ask About AI
Aleks and Kevin tackle your AI questions we didn’t have time for - until now.
02 Jul 2025,28 mins
Is AI better than my therapist?
Aleks and Kevin explore the risks and benefits of using AI as a support for mental health.
25 Jun 2025,29 mins
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, AI?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if espionage is about to be revolutionised by AI.
18 Jun 2025,29 mins
Is China getting AI right?
Aleks and Kevin ask whose AI development ideology will win: China or the US?
11 Jun 2025,29 mins
What Do I Do if AI Gets Me Wrong?
What can you do if an AI is making stuff up about you? Aleks and Kevin find out.
04 Jun 2025,28 mins
Why Is AI Stealing Books?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong find out why AI is stealing books.
28 May 2025,30 mins
Can AI Save Darth Vader?
Aleks and Kevin ask if the Dark Lord can live forever with an AI voice.
12 Feb 2025,28 mins
What Is Trump's AI Agenda?
AI is at a turning point, Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask what direction it will take.
05 Feb 2025,28 mins
Should AI have a 'kill switch'?
Aleks and Kevin ask if we'll need a kill switch AI and why we think we'll need one.
29 Jan 2025,28 mins
Will AI Eat Itself?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong uncover what happens when you feed an AI its own output.
22 Jan 2025,29 mins
Can AI Level Up Video Games?
Aleks and Kevin are on a quest to find out if AI can making video games even better.
15 Jan 2025,29 mins
Can AI Solve A Murder?
Aleks and Kevin don their deerstalkers and turn sleuth to ask "Can AI solve a murder?"
08 Jan 2025,28 mins
Will AI Control the World's Money?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if AI will take over financial markets?
30 Oct 2024,28 mins
Can we keep AI out of human only spaces?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask how we prove we're a person in an online world of bots.
23 Oct 2024,29 mins
Can AI debunk conspiracy theories?
Aleks and Kevin investigate an AI chatbot that appears to debunk conspiracy theories.
16 Oct 2024,29 mins
Can AI Save the NHS?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong find out if AI is the answer to all the NHS's problems.
09 Oct 2024,29 mins
Can AI read emotions?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong find out if AI can read emotions.
02 Oct 2024,28 mins
Will Shrimp Jesus kill social media?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong discover the weird world of AI Slop.
25 Sep 2024,28 mins
Can AI get me a new job?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong answer the question: can AI get me a new job?
03 Jul 2024,28 mins
Could AI Make My Glastonbury Better?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong answer the question: could AI make my Glastonbury better?
26 Jun 2024,28 mins
How green is my AI?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask, how green is my AI?
19 Jun 2024,29 mins
Why can’t AI drive me home yet?
Aleks and Kevin find out, why can’t AI drive me home yet?
12 Jun 2024,29 mins
Can we stop saying AI can think
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if making AI so human-like is a problem.
05 Jun 2024,30 mins
Can AI Look After Me in Old Age?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong answer the question: Can AI look after me in old age?
29 May 2024,28 mins