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The Digital Human

BBC Radio 4

Aleks Krotoski explores the digital world

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  • 20 episodes
  • Avg 27 min
  • English

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  • Nov 13, 2023 · 29 min

    Reminiscence

    Aleks explores how AI can aid in the care of people living with dementia.

  • Nov 6, 2023 · 27 min

    Permanence

    Aleks Krotoski explores the durability of existence in the digital world.

  • Oct 30, 2023 · 28 min

    Cursed

    Aleks Krotoski traces the origin of an iconic internet curse - Smile Dog.

  • Oct 23, 2023 · 28 min

    Subvert

    Aleks Krotoski explores the digital world.

  • Oct 16, 2023 · 28 min

    Matchmaker

    From AI to offline, Aleks Krotoski explores dating in the digital world

  • Oct 9, 2023 · 29 min

    Synthetic

    How can we get what we need from synthetic human companions?

  • Jun 26, 2023 · 28 min

    Nope

    Aleks Krotoski looks at the digital world and those quitting it and dropping out.

  • Jun 19, 2023 · 28 min

    Utopia

    Aleks discovers if high tech megaprojects will be utopian dreams, or crumbling follies.

  • Jun 12, 2023 · 28 min

    Reunited

    Aleks Krotoski explores what it means to reunite in the digital world.

  • Jun 5, 2023 · 29 min

    Disk

    Aleks seeks out the last people selling, and experimenting with, floppy disks.

  • May 29, 2023 · 30 min

    The Orbital Human

    Aleks Krotoski looks up from the screen to the heavens and the tech orbiting the planet.

  • May 22, 2023 · 28 min

    Dialogue

    How can we avoid being silenced by AI moderation? Aleks explores the rise of Algospeak.

  • Mar 27, 2023 · 29 min

    Overturn

    Aleks Krotoski explores what happens when, once freely given, data turns dangerous.

  • Mar 20, 2023 · 28 min

    Retreat

    Aleks Krotoski explores the value of retreat from the outside world, both on and offline.

  • Mar 13, 2023 · 29 min

    Salvage

    Aleks Krotoksi examines how we salvage value from legacy systems, structures and objects.

  • Mar 6, 2023 · 28 min

    Unfinished

    Aleks Krotoski explores whether the digital world results in more unfinished business.

  • Feb 27, 2023 · 29 min

    Curate

    When algorithms choose who can see what, what becomes of our relationship with the arts?

  • Feb 20, 2023 · 29 min

    Generate

    When AI art generators produce images in seconds, where can human imagination bloom?

  • Nov 14, 2022 · 29 min

    Schadenfreude

    Aleks Krotoski explores Schadenfreude in the digital world.

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