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Last thoughts on a range of big topics from Stephen Hawking. A gaze to the future and the use of robots in our lives. And maybe this future isn't so far away..

Last thoughts on a range of topics, taken from the extraordinary career of Stephen Hawking.

The author turns his gaze towards artificial intelligence. "I think there is no significant difference between how the brain of an earthworm works and how a computer computes."

Reader Anton Lesser

Producer Duncan Minshull

14 minutes

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  • Thu 3 Jan 2019 09:45
  • Fri 4 Jan 2019 00:30

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