How to Spot Potential 

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Kate Mason presents a series exploring human potential in various walks of life.

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How will human potential change in the future?

Digital technology has become an essential part of our everyday lives, enabling us to communicate, find information and increasing our range of leisure activities. 

Kate Mason looks at how the growth of such technologies could impact on our potential. In the workplace technology can speed up menial tasks, would this free up time and allow more human creativity ? And how can such tech help us explore our potential throughout our lives?

Ghislaine Boddington discuses the concept of digital twins, our very own personalised form of AI https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/las/ghislaine-boddington

And Sophie Scott considers the potential of the human brain. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/icn/people/sophie-scott

Presenter : Kate Mason
Producer : Julian Siddle

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