Future Tense

Future Tense

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Afsnit: 360
Gns. varighed: 29M
Sprog: Engelsk
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A critical look at new technologies, new approaches and new ways of thinking, from politics to media to environmental sustainability.

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Ancient viruses, new threatsThe global Covid 19 lockdown may seem like an eternity ago, but the threat of another full-scale pandemic has never resided. Scientists warn that as the Arctic permafrost continues to melt ancient viruses and bacteria are gradually being freed from the ice. The risks are significant, but researchers are working to identify potential threats and better prepare the world for future pandemics. Uppermost in many minds is the need to ensure future global cooperation in the event of another zoonotic outbreak. Original broadcast on March 26, 2023. Guests Dr Christine Prat – Director of Operations, European Virus Archive Dr Jean-Michel Claverie – Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Aix-Marseille University Dr Aaron Bernstein – Director, The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Microplastic removal and decarbonising cementNegotiations over a global treaty on microplastics have broken down. So, where to from here for one of the world's biggest environmental threats? We also get an update on new efforts to clean-up the cement production industry; and we look at AI chatbots and the increasing role they're playing as sources of advice and emotional support. Guests Dr Pratik Sachdeva — Senior Data Scientist, D-Lab, University of California, Berkeley Dr Shababa Selim — Senior Technology Analyst, IDTechEX Professor Paul Fennell — Professor of Clean Energy, Imperial College London Professor Jill Newby — Clinical psychologist, The Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales
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Learning how to learn in the age of generative AIIt's exactly three years since ChatGPT burst onto the scene. In that short period of time the process of academic assessment has been in upheaval. Across the world educators are trying to address how students should be assessed and whether AI can be used for more than just helping a student to cheat. But a growing number of education researchers say the real emphasis should be on promoting critical thinking and ensuring future students learn how to learn. Guests Professor Dragan Gasevic — Head of the Centre for Learning Analytics, Monash University Professor Neil Selwyn — School of Education, Culture and Society, Monash University Professor Rupert Wegerif — Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Professor Phillip Dawson — Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University
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Disinformation, digital tech and democracyIn this programme we hear three thoughtful perspectives on the threat digital technologies pose for democracy. Henry Farrell from Johns Hopkins University argues disinformation must be tackled at a group level, not an individual one. Philosopher, John Tasioulas, says modern representative democracy is too easily corrupted by big tech. And AI specialist, Marcus Beard, introduces us to the phenomenon he calls "slopaganda". Guests Professor John Tasioulas — ethicist and immediate former Director of the Institute for Ethics and AI, University of Oxford Professor Henry Farrell — Political Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Marcus Beard — Digital, disinformation and AI specialist, Fenimore Harper Communications Further information Henry Farrell - We're getting the social media crisis wrong John Tasioulas - The classical key to the AI revolution
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Getting up to speed with autonomous vehiclesLong before AI dominated the media hype-cycle, self-driving cars surfed the hyperbolic wave. But fully automated vehicles have now been a long time in development, long enough that we've decided it's time for an update. So, how advanced is the technology and where is the demand? We also find out about consumer attitudes toward the "driver-assist" technologies that are now routinely fitted into modern cars. Surprise, surprise, it seems not everyone wants to be told how to drive. Guests Associate Professor Abdesalam Soudi — Sociolinguist, Department of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh Professor Michael Milford — Director of the Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology Associate Professor Milad Haghani — Principal Fellow in Urban Resilience & Mobility, University of Melbourne Sönke Iwersen — Co-author of "The Tesla Files". Journalist for German business newspaper Handelsblatt
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Technology and language — a dynamic relationshipWhile technology platforms increasingly dictate the way we write and converse, language is being modified to fight back, to subvert the platforms. In this show we examine the growth of "algospeak". And if you want to know how we'll all be communicating in the future, just listen to the way teenage girls speak, because young women lead the ongoing development of language. Original broadcast on July 7, 2024 Guests Dr James Cohen – Assistant Professor, Media Studies, Queens College, City University of New York Dr Sali Tagliamonte – Professor of linguistics and Chair of the Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto Philip Seargeant – Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, Open University UK Further information Philip Seargeant's book "The Future Of Language"
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Are we turning the housing crisis into a living crisis?We build more and more homes for growing urban populations. But doing so without providing much needed amenities doesn't serve our suburbs and the people who live in them. It risks confounding social isolation and urban sprawl. There's also climate change to consider. In a heating world, how do we plan our suburbs to deal with higher temperatures? Are the cities and suburbs of the future going to be livable for our children and our children's children? Rob Kelly investigates Guests Andrew Crowe — Demographer for Australian Bureau of Statistics Dr Annette Kroen — Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University Professor Sebastian Pfautsch — Professor of Urban Planning and Management at Western Sydney University and co-lead in People-centred Sustainable Precinct Design at the Urban Transformations Research Centre Dylan Reid — Urbanist, editor, writer and co-founder of Spacing Magazine
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Reviving the past and digital mapping for the futureThe remote Canadian island of Oikiqtaruk is disappearing fast, but its cultural and environmental heritage is being captured in digital form. We talk to those involved in the project about its ambition and their success to date. Also, recreating long lost cultural artefacts. For the Madrid-based organisation Factum Foundation it's a journey of reconnection — a way that future generations can celebrate and cherish the character of their past. Guests Richard Gordon — Senior Park Ranger, Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Canada Professor Peter Dawson — Dept. of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary Adam Lowe — Director of Factum Arte and founder of Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Conservation Further information Factum Foundation Digitally Preserving Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park
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Are we kidding ourselves about decarbonisation?Australian rooftops are resplendent with solar panels, but sustainability expert, Martin Brueckner, warns the popular notion that we're rapidly transitioning away from fossil fuels is deceptive. When you add Australia's fossil fuels exports to our domestic energy usage, he says, it's clear that "decarbonisation is yet to begin in earnest". Also, whatever happened to the dream that Australia could become a world leader in Green Hydrogen production? Guests Alison Reeve — Energy and Climate change Program Director, Grattan Institute Adjunct Associate Professor Madoc Sheehan — Researcher, James Cook University Professor Matthew Hill — Head of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University Professor Martin Brueckner — Pro Vice Chancellor Sustainability, Murdoch University
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Is globalisation dying?Globalisation isn’t what it used to be thanks to the legacy of the Covid-19 lockdown and, more recently, Donald Trump’s weaponisation of tariffs. But while it’s often given a bad rap, globalisation is about more than just trade, it’s also about the international exchange of ideas and talent. So, is it dying, withering or simply transforming? Listen to Future Tense - How to start your own golden age Guests Professor Richard Baldwin – International Economics, IMD Business School, Switzerland Professor Nick Bisley – International relations, La Trobe University Guy Miller – Chief Market Strategist and Economist, Zurich Insurance Group Ariel Kastner - Head of Geopolitical Agenda, World Economic Forum
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