Podcasts

In this special extended episode, Hannah meets Demis Hassabis, the CEO and co-founder of DeepMind.

AI researchers around the world are trying to create a general purpose learning system that can learn to solve a broad range of problems without being taught how. Hannah explores the journey to get there.

Hannah investigates the more human side of the technology, some ethical issues around how it is developed and used, and the efforts to create a future of AI that works for everyone.

Hannah Fry meets the scientists building systems that could be used to save the sight of thousands; help us solve one of the most fundamental problems in biology, and reduce energy consumption in an effort to combat climate change.

Forget what sci-fi has told you about superintelligent robots that are uncannily human-like; the reality is more prosaic. Inside DeepMinds robotics laboratory, Hannah explores what researchers call embodied AI.

Video games have become a favourite tool for AI researchers to test the abilities of their systems. Why?

The story of AlphaGo, first computer program to defeat a professional human player at the game of Go, a milestone considered a decade ahead of its time.

What can the human brain teach us about AI? And what can AI teach us about our own intelligence?

This eight part series hosted by mathematician and broadcaster Hannah Fry aims to give listeners an inside look at the fascinating world of AI research and explores some of the questions and challenges the whole field is wrestling with today.