Summary
How can we be sure that the technology we are creating is going to do the right thing? Machines are merging into our lives in ever more intimate ways. They interact with our children and assist with medical decisions. Cars are learning to drive themselves; data on our likes and dislikes roam through the internet. Sandra Kanthal asks if we already in danger of being governed by algorithmic overlords.
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| 0:00.0 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
| 0:04.6 | My name's Linda Davies and I commission podcast for BBC Sounds. |
| 0:08.4 | As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable |
| 0:14.3 | experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC |
| 0:20.4 | makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars, |
| 0:24.6 | poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples. |
| 0:29.7 | If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello from Analysis, the podcast about the ideas behind the news. |
| 0:40.0 | We like hearing from you. You can rate or review us on your podcast provider and thanks to Andy |
| 0:45.1 | Gra, avid reader, Claire Diamond and Bob Jones 1276 exclamation mark for doing just that. |
| 0:52.1 | Or you can email us at analysis at BBC.co. |
| 0:55.2 | UK plus we're on Twitter and Facebook. In this download more and more decisions are |
| 1:00.7 | being made about our lives not by humans but by computers using a series of algorithms. |
| 1:06.0 | Are we handing over too much power to the machines? |
| 1:09.0 | Sandra Cantile reports. |
| 1:12.0 | Is this story familiar? I was working with a lady who was an accountant. She had about |
| 1:18.4 | seven years experience, really ready to take the next step in her career. She'd be looking for |
| 1:22.4 | eight months. She was completely frustrated, really upset, couldn't work out what was going on. |
| 1:28.0 | You know you're the perfect candidate for a job, but... |
| 1:32.0 | We looked at her CV, it didn't have any of the right keywords in it. That was |
| 1:36.6 | the only problem. In the past applying for a job involved an interview on your best behavior, |
| 1:42.4 | decked in the finest fits from your wardrobe. |
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