Podcast Robots
The Rise of Machines
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Are robots and artificial intelligence taking over from humans? Dan and Neil discuss the rise of the machines
An American company has said its ambition is to achieve an AI that can beat humans at any intellectual task. But can machines ever out-think humans?
Dan and Neil discuss the rise of artificial intelligence.
This week’s question:
The word ‘robot’ as we use it today was first used in a 1920’s Czech play ‘Rossum’s Universal Robots’. But before this, what was its original meaning?
a) forced labour
b) metal man
c) heartless thing
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary
inevitable
cannot be avoided or stopped
infallible
never failing
surpasses
becomes better than
benevolent
kind and helpful
sentient
able to think for itself
far-fetched
difficult to believe