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World Service,05 Dec 2014,26 mins

Artificial Intelligence Special

Tech Life

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Professor Stephen Hawking warns of the threat to mankind from artificial intelligence. Neil Jacobstein of California's Singularity University, AI expert Ben Medlock of SwiftKey, and the music producer and tech investor Will.i.am give us their take. 23andMe wants to make genome sequencing cheap enough for individuals to discover their likelihood to develop diseases. We ask its CEO Anne Wojcicki why private companies should be trusted with this most intimate of personal data? Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with special guest Kate Bevan, and Leo Kelion and Jane Wakefield from the BBC Online tech desk.

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