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Robot history: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2159

Robot history: everything you wanted to know

Kerry McInerney answers your questions on the history of robots – from ancient Greece to the age of AI

HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

December 8, 202435m 26s

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Show Notes

When did automatons first emerge? Which science-fiction depiction of robots is the most accurate? And why did so many people fall for a hoax machine called the "Mechanical Turk"? In conversation with Spencer Mizen, author and academic Kerry McInerney answers some of the most pressing questions on the history of robots.


Michael Wooldridge explores our fascination with – and fear of – AI: https://link.chtbl.com/vUZSSfjm.


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