The Artificial Human
BBC Radio 4
Science and ideas · Ongoing · ~29 min
Taste attributes: documentarytalk-showrobots/ai/spaceslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearsocial commentary
Boxlist takeA serious ideas podcast that is realistic and fresh. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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About this podcast
Every day, we read something new about Artificial Intelligence - it'll take our jobs, it'll teach our kids, it knows more about us than we do ourselves... but how much of that is hype, and how much is, or will be reality? Part of our problem with AI is that it feels impenetrable and mysterious, e…
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- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Format
- Ongoing
- Typical episode
- About 29 minutes
- Latest episode
- 28 October 2026
- Categories
- Science, Technology
- Taste scores
- How we score
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