Social media has sort of demognatize these things. How can we insure, as an individual, that we're hearing from experts? We need to be aware thatthi better civics. There are people who are going to push at a view that is true or isn't correct for whatever ideological motive. I and even when we develop sosophisticated es, you know, is it who's behind it? Is it gugl is it face bork? Can we trust them? Do they have interest? Well, of course they do. They are large corporations. So we need to make use of ai to actually sift through the to stop us from drowning in
Professor Jim Al-Khalili is the physicist who makes science look easy. He’s the author of several books, the latest of which is The Joy of Science, which offers eight core scientific principles that can be applied to everyday life. As a broadcaster Jim is perhaps best known as the voice of BBC Radio 4’s The Life Scientific and he holds the position of Distinguished Chair in physics and University Chair in public engagement at the University of Surrey. Our host for this discussion is Media Editor for The Sunday Times, Rosamund Urwin.
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