Why is the Pope worried about robots?
Artificial intelligence raises big questions about what it means to be human.
An episode of the Beyond Today podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Why is the Pope worried about robots?" was published on March 20, 2019 and runs 18 minutes.
March 20, 2019 ·18m · Beyond Today
Summary
This is an episode about what happened when global tech gurus were invited inside one of the world’s oldest and most conservative institutions. The Catholic church is thinking about the big ethical questions - perhaps in a way many of our governments are not - that are swirling around around tech. So they gathered some of the big players in robotics and AI in Rome, at the Vatican. BBC Click’s Jen Copestake was there to see what happened.Producers: Philly Beaumont and Duncan BarberMixed by: Andy MillsEditor: John Shields
Episode Description
This is an episode about what happened when global tech gurus were invited inside one of the world’s oldest and most conservative institutions. The Catholic church is thinking about the big ethical questions - perhaps in a way many of our governments are not - that are swirling around around tech. So they gathered some of the big players in robotics and AI in Rome, at the Vatican. BBC Click’s Jen Copestake was there to see what happened.
Producers: Philly Beaumont and Duncan Barber
Mixed by: Andy Mills
Editor: John Shields
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