BBC Science Focus Magazine

UNDER THE HOOD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

FEATURE CHRISTMAS LECTURES

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See Prof Mike Wooldridge deliver this year's Royal Institute Christmas Lectures on BBC Four. Or stream them on BBC iPlayer.

In The Royal Institution's almost 200year history of Christmas Lectures, the topics covered have swept through chemistry, mechanical engineering and astronomy to psychology, climate change and, this year, artificial intelligence (AI).

Many people are concerned about how AI is going to change our healthcare, careers and entertainment, but what do the experts think? Mike Wooldridge is a professor of computer science at the University of Oxford and has been selected to deliver this year's Royal Institute Christmas Lectures on

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