How can we ensure that machines and systems taking decisions and actions previously taken by a human do so safely and as expected? How can we assure the safety of a machine that learns while it is in operation and who is responsible when a machine makes a decision that causes harm? Dr Ana MacIntosh and Professor John McDermid, from the Assuring Autonomy International Programme at the University of York, explore these questions and more in a special edition of The Story of Things.
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at the modern ‘epidemic’ of Loneliness
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at health and inequality
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at the North-South divide
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at the evolution of compassion
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at the relationship between physical and mental health
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at the psychology behind patient behaviour
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at blood cancer
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at eye disease and the anatomy of the brain
Series Five: World of Wonder - the wonder of marine life
Series Five: A World of Wonder - the wonder of space exploration
Series Five: A World of Wonder - the wonder of human evolution
Series Five: World of Wonder - the wonder of primate communication
Series Five: A World of Wonder - the wonder of the world of ice
Series Five: A World of Wonder - the wonder of the creative brain
Series Five: A World of Wonder - the wonder of the black market
Series Five: A World of Wonder - medieval ideas of wonder
Series Four: The Story of Children's Mental Health (episode two)
Series Four: The Story of Singing in Virtual Reality (episode one)
Series Three: The Quiet Place Book Club (Episode Seven) - The Thin Ice Printing Press
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