Hannah Fry: The Science Behind AI, Grief Tech & Life

The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Ranga Bee & Platform Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Should we be worried about AI? Mathematician and presenter Hannah Fry joins Romesh to talk about her new show 'AI Confidential with Hannah Fry' and the surprising ways maths and technology shape our lives. From Hannah’s work explaining science to wider audiences, her podcast The Rest Is Science, to Grief Tech. This episode explores the strange questions maths can actually answer, from whether you could theoretically be bored to death to how to cool down your car. The conversation moves from teaching maths and traumatising students with numbers to the bigger questions around AI, technology and the future. Plus: maths jokes, a question from Shanthi, some genuinely useful science-based life tips and the team catch some strays. A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Platform Media. 00:00 Intro 03:19 Gift giving 07:34 Some maths jokes 10:01 On teaching maths 14:55 Traumatising people with maths 17:40 The Rest Is Science 20:39 Can you be bored to death? 26:09 On making a difference 29:28 Hannah’s ultimate tip 31:25 A question from Shanthi about tech 37:41 Hannah’s new show on AI 41:25 On Grief Tech 43:12 Do we know what we want with AI relationships? 45:03 Should we be worried? 48:45 Working with Dara O'Briain 49:40 Misquoted 00:01:47 An exclusive tip 00:02:33 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Just before we start, have you seen that Claudebox? Yeah, yeah. Is that terrifying?
0:35.2	Yeah. So it's an agent, but it can do anything on your computer.
0:39.5	So at the moment, you go to chat GPT or whatever,
0:42.2	and it's like you can just do everything in that brat,
0:44.2	that tiny little bar, nothing else.
0:45.9	But this can do anything on your computer.
0:47.4	So it can like change your file systems.
0:49.8	It can like, you know, build new programs.
0:53.0	Do you know something?
0:53.8	This agent thing. It's when they start getting on the internet. That's the thing when it's going to get really scary. Agents on the internet. Yeah, like, so say you've got, say you've got your agent. And it's like, oh, go book me a holiday or something. And then it starts interacting with like a travel company's agent right and then they start talking to
1:12.7	each other well then it's like who who's working in service of who and if it's got your money
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