In this week’s Podcast of Ideas, Rob Lyons, Claire Fox and David
Bowden discuss the murder of two journalists on live television by a
disgruntled former colleague in the United States, and the latest tragic
events in the ongoing European migration crisis. Rob talks to Martyn
Perks about the growing fears about the role of artificial intelligence
and robots in society in everything from manufacturing to warfare, and
why a machine could never become truly human, ahead of his session at
the upcoming Battle of Ideas session titled Man vs machine: who controls the robots?.
And after the release of this year’s GCSE results, Philip Walters comes
in to discuss the state of education in the UK and whether exams for
16-year-olds are necessary any more.