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Interview for Inside Science
I was recently interviewed for Inside Science about artificial intelligence. Here's what I said:
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The Invention of Numbers by Peter Bentley now out
My original illustrated title, The Book of Numbers, has been doing very well around the world. It's now been translated into so many languages that I am not sure I have a copy of each version of my own book. Because of its success, the publisher asked me to produce a revised paperback…
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Interview on BBC World Service "Click"
Today I was interviewed by the BBC about our research on learning abstract concepts with recursive graph-based self organising maps. Listen to the interview here. My interview begins after about 6.5 mins. There are also some hidden extras featuring me at the end of the podcast accompanying the show!
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Talk at Royal Institution: Relax, It's Only AI
On Thursday 10 December I gave an invited lecture at the Royal Institution for the event Relax, It's Only AI: How Artificial Intelligence will Improve Our Lives. I was invited by the AI company Braintree Ltd to help explain the benefits of AI to an audience of business leaders. It still amazes…
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Interview on BBC Radio 4 Today Show about AI
In the evening of Thursday 10 Dec I gave a talk at the Royal Institution about Artificial Intelligence - more of that above. BBC Radio 4 heard about it and asked me to the studio for a debate. They sent a car to get me but despite the best efforts of…
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Chinese version of The Book of Numbers
Most of my popular science books have been translated to many languages. One of the most translated version is now The Book of Numbers - I've slightly lost track of all the different versions. Today a new one suddenly arrived through the mail: Chinese. They've done a very nice job too!
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Want your own Iron Man Suit?
I like robots. I've been building them since I was a kid, and we still perform research with them today. Machines that can behave like living creatures? Who wouldn't find that interesting? And what about machines that you wear like a suit to augment your strength and give you amazing…
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