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Documentary filmmaker, author of The Debt Generation

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What Machines Can't Do

David Chalmers, Kate Devlin, Hilary Lawson. David Malone hosts.

From Alan Turing to Stephen Hawking, many claim computers could overtake humanity. But no computer can match human intelligence at the moment. So where is the limit between what computers can and cannot actually do? When might machines match their makers? Or is this idea just a hype caused by a misunderstanding of what artificial intelligence is?

In Search Of Ourselves

Is self-discovery a desirable and vital goal?

Speakers: David Chalmers, Joanna Kavenna, Ed Stafford

Is Nothing an Illusion?

Explaining everything and Nothing

Speakers: John Ellis, James Ladyman, Laura Mersini-Houghton

Gravity

Why is gravity so elusive?

Speakers: Laura Mersini-Houghton, Erik Verlinde, Frank Wilczek

Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothi...

Can science solve metaphysics' riddle?

Speakers: Don Cupitt, John Ellis, Lawrence Krauss

The Laws of the Universe

Are the laws of nature just human constructs?

Speakers: Gerard 't Hooft, Helen Beebee, Laura Mersini-Houghton

Hawking vs. Philosophy

Has science killed philosophy?

Speakers: Jonathan Derbyshire, Steve Fuller, Lewis Wolpert

Biography

David Malone is a director and presenter of BBC and Channel 4 documentaries exploring the history and philosophy of science. His work includes Testing God and he is the author of The Debt Generation. Since 2011, he also stands as Green Party candidate in his local constituency of Scarborough.