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EPISODE · Oct 15, 2025 · 29 MIN

Is AI dividing us politically?

from The Artificial Human · host BBC Radio 4

A report by the National Centre for Social research show that political orientation shapes attitudes toward AI technologies and their regulation. With people on the right more open to Ai while those on left are more sceptical. Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong explore why that might be the case and whether it has implications for how quickly people adopt Ai tools.They speak to Helen Margetts from the Oxford Internet Institute about the research and what it tells us, before exploring with Thomas Ferretti from Greenwich university what it is about is about these political ideologies that might lead people to feel that way. Finally, we hear from Jillian Fisher at University of Washington about why creating a politically neutral Ai is impossible.Presenters: Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong Producer: Peter McManus Sound: Tim Heffer and Murray Collier

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