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Artificial intelligence pioneer Stuart Russell tells Helen Lewis how we can make AI human compatible, keep it under our control - and so stop it destroying the world. Show more

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Shelley Klein's book about her father, the acclaimed textile designer Bernat Klein, and the modernist home he created. Today, Bernat's childhood is explored. Barbara Flynn reads. Show more

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