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THE BIG ROBOT QUESTIONS

Artificial intelligence: helpful and dangerous (podcast).

 Robots (listening + quiz).

 Do you fear artificial intelligence? (BBC Learning English video).

 The ethical dilemma of robotics (BBC Learning English reading)
Artificial Intelligence and the future | André LeBlanc | TEDxMoncton:




 Sci-Fiction?
Humans (2015-) UK/US is a science fiction television series based on the award-winning Swedish science fiction drama Real Humans (Äkta människor). The series explores the themes of artificial intelligence and robotics, focusing on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention of anthropomorphic robots called "synths".





 And when/if things get out of hand, you'll need a:

"A blade runner's job is to hunt down replicants, manufactured humans you can't tell from the real thing".


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