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World Service,3 mins

What happens when a robot has inner speech?

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Caroline Steel meets a robot called Nao that can talk to itself. Scientist Arianna Pipitone programmed Nao to have a form of inner speech, helping it to solve problems and have better relations with humans. She describes it as a step towards artificial intelligence.

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