Patented: History of Inventions
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Get ready for the coming of our robot overlords by listening to this episode all about the history of AI. Who was Shakey the robot? Why did we spend thousands of hours trying to tell a machine the basic facts of life (like that the hot tap is coloured red)? What was King Charles’ grey goo theory all about?
The first half of the show is with Matthew Sparkes of the New Scientist. Matthew spends his life covering the latest developments in the field of AI and is a regular contributor to the New Scientist’s podcast ‘New Scientist Weekly’.
Then in the second half Dallas is with Professor Michael Wooldridge, author of The Road to Consciousness: the story of AI.
Edited by Stuart Beckwith, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.
Things vs. Humans: the spiteful behaviour of inanimate objects
First Ever Submarine
Inventing Fire: the First Spark of Humanity
Rise and Fall of High Heels
Sunglasses
Deep-Sea Submersibles & the Titan Disaster
Patriarchy
Donald Hebb: Brainwashing in the Cold War
Medieval Swords
Marie Curie
Nanotechnology
Wernher Von Braun: Nazi Father of Rocket Science
Digital Calculators
Oppenheimer: Inventor of the Atomic Bomb
Coca Cola: A Backyard Invention
Fritz Haber: Inventor of Poisonous Gas
Inventing Hello Kitty
Thermos Flask: A Hot and Cold History
The Walkman: The First Intimate Technology
Chewing Gum: From the Aztecs to Avocados
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