Madeleine Finlay
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2,527 appearances
37 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2d ago
Madeleine Finlay’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And before you go, a reminder that on Thursday the 3rd of September, that's this Thursday at 7pm, Science Weekly is hosting a live event at the London Podcast Festival, which we'd love you to come along to.
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To mark the return of The Guardian's chart-topping podcast series, Black Box, I'll be in conversation with science editor Ian Sample and Black Box host Michael Safi on the topic of Season 2, how our relationship with chatbots is reshaping our minds.
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It's going to be a fascinating discussion.
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So to join us, you can get your tickets via the link in the episode description.
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And that's it for today.
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This episode was produced by me, Madeline Finlay.
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The sound design was by Joel Cox and the executive producer was Ellie Burey.
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We'll be back on Thursday.
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See you then.
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AI companies are promising us an exciting future.
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Cancer cures, superintelligence, an age of abundance.
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But to have world-shifting software, you need a lot of hardware.
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Ginormous steel and concrete warehouses filled with water and energy hungry computer chips, servers and cooling systems.
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And it seems almost no one wants to take the deal.
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Around the world, people are saying, not in my backyard.
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So today we're asking, what does the growing backlash against data centres mean for the future of AI?
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From The Guardian, I'm Madeleine Finley and this is Science Weekly.
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Aisha Down, you're the Guardians Global Technology Reporter, and you've been covering the backlash against a number of potential data centers in Scotland.
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So tell me where these have been proposed and what the reception has been.
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Why is it that there are so many data centers being proposed in Scotland?
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