The Science Briefing

Artificial intelligence: the good, the bad and the really ugly

The Science Briefing

Show Notes

With some of the biggest AI advocates in the world now jumping on the 'let's slow it down' bandwagon (Elon Musk, wink wink) we're asking - is AI actually a bad thing?

Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Cosmos Magazine journalist Jacinta Bowler about the good, and not so good applications of artificial intelligence and what they say about our AI filled future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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