By The Guardian (Science) | Created at 2024-09-23 22:22:20 | Updated at 2024-09-30 05:21:09
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In a special episode recorded live at the British Science Festival, Madeleine Finlay and guests explore the question: will AI make a good companion?
AI could give us new ways to tackle difficult problems, from young people’s mental health issues to isolation in care homes. It also raises challenging questions about the increasing role of tech in our personal lives.
To explore these questions, Madeleine is joined by the Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample; Tony Prescott, a professor of computational robotics at Sheffield University; and Dr Mhairi Aitken, an ethics fellow at the Alan Turing Institute and visiting senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London.
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