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The Audio Long Read

A dog’s inner life: what a robot pet taught me about consciousness – podcast

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The creators of the Aibo robot dog say it has ‘real emotions and instinct’. This may seem over the top, but is it? In today’s AI universe, all the eternal questions have become engineering problems. By Meghan O’Gieblyn. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is Hannah Frankson, I'm a Peloton instructor and I teach classes on the Peloton

0:05.0

Bike and the Peloton Trud.

0:07.0

Nothing motivates me more than the thought of enjoying life to the fullest.

0:11.7

Life is always for so many different challenges and chapters.

0:15.3

For me, movement and exercise has been there throughout every stage of my life.

0:19.0

Just living life to the max is what motivates me.

0:22.0

The Guardian Lives has partnered with Peloton to help you find motivation that moves you.

0:26.1

To find out more, visit thegardian.com forward slash motivation with Peloton.

0:30.4

This message was paid for by Peloton.

0:36.7

The Guardian Welcome to the Guardian Long Read, showcasing

0:41.1

the best long form journalism covering culture, politics and new thinking.

0:45.2

For the text version of this and all our long reads, go to thegardian.com forward slash

0:49.5

long read.

0:51.9

A dog's inner life, what a robot pet taught me about consciousness.

0:58.7

The creators of the IBO robot dog says it has real emotions and instinct.

1:04.6

This may seem over the top, but is it?

1:07.8

In today's AI universe, all the eternal questions have become engineering problems by

1:13.8

Megan O'Giblin, read by Kelly Burke, and produced by Esther Apoco-Geni.

1:21.0

The package arrived on a Thursday.

1:23.6

I came home from a walk and found it sitting near the mailboxes in the front hall of my

1:27.6

building.

1:28.6

A box so large and imposing I was embarrassed to discover my name on the label.

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