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Jul 7, 2015 14 min

Jon Ronson's robot friends

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In the seventh episode of the FutureFest podcast we return to our Future Machines theme. Jon Ronson recalls his various conversations with sentient robots (and their programmers), UCL’s Leo Cohen considers a world where we outsource our decision making to artificial intelligence and retails futures expert Eva Pascoe argues the need for a return to Renaissance attitudes to art and technology in order to take charge of our digital future. A transcript of this episode can be found at: http://www.nesta.org.uk/sites/default/files/futurefest_podcast_episode_7.pdf To find out more about FutureFest, visit www.nesta.org.uk/futurefest Podcast presented by Emily Elias Music credits: Melt by Broke For Free, Banjo Vox by Vitamin Pets, Rhodes Piano by Vitamin Pets

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