Jon Ronson's robot friends

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