Im stephen sackur. For now, the bbc employs human beings like me to question the way our world works. But, for how much longer . As research and Development Effort into Artificial Intelligence intensifies, is there any sphere of human activity that wont be revolutionised by aland robotics . My guest today is alan winfield. A world renowned professor of robot ethics. From driving, to education, to work and warfare, are we unleashing machines which could turn the dark visions of Science Fiction into science fact . Alan winfield, welcome to hardtalk. High, delighted to be here, stephen. You do have a fascinating title, professor of robot ethics, im tempted to ask you first, whats most important to you, the engineering, the robotics or the ethics, being an ethicist . Well, both are equally important. I am fundamentally an engineer, so i bring and engineering perspective to robot ethics and engineering. But, i would say, that more than half of my work now is actually thinking about. And, yo
Like me to question the way our world works, but for how much longer . As research into Artificial Intelligence intensifies, is there any sphere of human activity that wont be revolutionised by ai and robotics . My guest today is alun wyn jones, a world renowned professor of robot ethics, are we unleashing machines which could turn the dark visions of Science Fiction into science fact . Alan winfield, will welcome to heart talk. You have a fantastic title, director of robot ethics, im tempted to ask you, whats more important to you, robotics or being an ethicist . Both are important, im an engineer so i bring a engineering perspective to robotics but more than half of my work now is thinking about and. Im kind of a professional warrior now. Would you say science has shifted over the course of your career . You started out very much in computers and engineering but increasingly as you have dug deeply into the subject, in a sense the more philosophical side of it has been written large f
Of George Papadopoulos and Paul Manafort on its front page. Its the top story in the guardian too, summed up in its headline trump under new pressure after ex aide admits perjury. Its a different lead in the metro. Its splash is the government promising a crackdown against Sexual Harassment at westminster. Its the same lead for the Daily Telegraph the paper says the story could turn out to be more embarrassing for mps than the expenses scandal. The times is one of several papers to feature a picture of kevin spacey who today apologised for inappropriate advances a young actor claims he made when he was only fourteen. And the express focuses on a health story the paper says a dose of aspirin a day can halve the risk of developing some cancers. Now its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. For now, the abc employs human beings like me to question the way the world works. For how much longer . The bbc employs human beings. As research into Artificial Intelligence
With me, stephen sackur. For now, the bbc employs human beings like me to question the way the world works. But for how much longer . As research into Artificial Intelligence intensifies, is there any sphere of human activity that wont be revolutionised by aland robotics . My guest today is alan winfield, a world renowned professor of robot ethics. From driving, to education, to work and warfare, are we unleashing machines which could turn the dark visions of Science Fiction into science fact . Alan winfield, welcome to hardtalk. Delighted to be here, stephen. You do have a fascinating title, director of robot ethics, im tempted to ask you, whats more important to you, the engineering, robotics or the ethics, being an ethicist . Both are equally important. Im fundamentally an engineer so i bring an engineering perspective to robotics but more than half of my work now is thinking about. Im kind of a professional worrior now. Would you say the balance has shifted over the course of your
People are being warned to stay vigilant about scams in which criminals offer covid vaccines for a fee. In one case, a pensioner was injected with a fake covid i9 vaccine and charged 160 pounds by a man pretending to be a health worker. People have also been sent Text Messages taking them to a fake nhs website with a booking link. The Bbcs Jayne Mccubbin reports. Moments before this image was captured, this man injected a 92 year old with a fake covid vaccine. He claimed to be from the nhs. And then administered a jab in the arm in what has been described as a dart like instrument, charged £160, took the money from the lady and then disappeared. And just to add insult to that injury, then re attended several days later to try to solicit an extra £100. So this has been a horrendous experience for the victim. Its not known what was injected into the pensioner but a hospital check found her unharmed. This was an absolutely disgusting crime, utterly unacceptable assault and fraud, and it