Sunday Feature

Mind as Machine

Sunday 18 March 2007 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)

Prof Maggie Boden, pioneer in cognitive science, meets the world's leading experts in Artificial Intelligence to find out how far the technology has come and what the future holds for AI and, importantly, whether it can help psychologists and philosophers explore what the human mind really is.

Fifty years on from the Dartmouth Conference, the meeting that gave birth to the field of AI, Mind as Machine will give a rare opportunity to hear leading philosophers Daniel Dennett and John Searle, AI experts Marvin Minsky and Rod Brooks from MIT and psychologists exploring the enduring questions about AI and the human mind.

Duration:

45 minutes

Sunday Feature

Episode and Playlist Information

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• 29 Apr 07 Ivan Blatny
• 22 Apr 07 Toru Takemitsu
• 15 Apr 07 Akram Khan
• 8 Apr 07 John Dankworth
• 1 Apr 07 Riches From Freetown
• 18 Mar 07 Mind as Machine
• 11 Mar 07 Educating Mill
• 4 Mar 07 Charles Chaplin
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