Original version

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

More or Less

Discussion & Talk

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life

Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

More or Less: Artificial (not so) Intelligence

Magazines & Reviews

Factual

Artificial (not so) Intelligence

22/02/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - More or Less, Artificial (not so) Intelligence

Is the problem with AI its lack of intelligence?

Author Janelle Shane explains why AI is not quite as smart as we think.

Artificial Intelligence – or AI for short – is often depicted in films in the shape of helpful droids, all-knowing computers or even malevolent ‘death bots’. In real life, we’re making leaps and bounds in this technology’s capabilities, with satnavs and voice assistants like Alexa and Siri making frequent appearances in our daily lives. So should we look forward to a future of AI best friends, or fear the technology becoming too intelligent? Tim Harford talks to Janelle Shane, author of the book You Look Like a Thing and I Love You, about her experiments with AI, and why the technology is really more akin to an earthworm than a high-functioning ‘death bot’. 
 
Presenter: Tim Harford 
Producer: Lizzy McNeill 

(Image: A robot thinking about something. Credit: Getty images)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

More or Less

Artificial (not so) Intelligence

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

About BBC World Service