Automation
- Attribution
- Posted17 February 2020
Archive on 4. The Problem of Leisure. Audio, 57 minutes
The history of a phantom fear: that automation will end work and leave us nothing to do.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
A Point of View. The Myth of Inevitability. Audio, 10 minutes
Margaret Heffernan argues that, in the world of technology, nothing is inevitable.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Archive on 4. Voice in the Machine. Audio, 57 minutes
How did our machines first find their voices and why have they now started to listen back?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted21 May 2019
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. Spreadsheet. Audio, 11 minutes
How a grid on a computer screen gives us a glimpse of the future of automation
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted17 April 2019
- Comments
A Point of View. Automation...and a packet of frozen peas. Audio, 10 minutes
AL Kennedy reflects on why automation needs to be governed by human needs and strengths.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted18 January 2018
- Comments
- Attribution
- Posted28 March 2019
- Attribution
- Posted26 March 2019
The Food Programme. Would you let a robot cook you dinner? Audio, 28 minutes
Robot chefs are working in burger joints and pizzerias. Will they be in our homes next?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted26 February 2019
- Comments
Forest 404. T7: Would you vote for an AI government? Audio, 8 minutes
A talk for Episode 7. Elsa Sotiriadis on whether AI could run the country.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Compass. Futureproof Yourself, Work. Audio, 27 minutes
Can we all continue to be gainfully employed for years to come?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Can We Teach Robots Ethics? Audio, 30 minutes
What happens when a machine faces a moral dilemma? David Edmonds investigates.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Public Philosopher. Would life be better if robots did all the work? Audio, 44 minutes
Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel asks if life would be better if robots did all the work
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
FutureProofing. Work. Audio, 43 minutes
What really changes in our society when machines do most of the work?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy. Barcode. Audio, 9 minutes
How vast mega-stores emerged with the help of a design originally drawn in the sand
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Analysis. When Robots Steal Our Jobs. Audio, 30 minutes
Technology has decimated manual labour. Now it has its sights on white-collar work.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year