The Artificial Human
Episodes
Is AI the future of Learning?
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the BBC's AI Unpacked week Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong join an audience of pupils, teachers and education experts to ask if artificial in...
Are Large Language Models a Dead End?
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chat GPT, Gemini etc are most people's idea of artificial intelligence. But are the limitations of the large language models (LLMs) that underpin them...
Is AI killing Search?
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Aleks and Kevin look at how Ai chatbots and summaries might kill the web as we know it. When people get all the answers they want from their AI, can t...
AI's Bubble Trouble?: 3. If the bubble bursts, where next for AI?
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the final instalment of our AI Bubble mini-series, Aleks and Kevin take a look at what it would mean if the AI bubble were to burst - not just for ...
AI's Bubble Trouble?: 2. What are the consequences of an AI economic crash?
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of their exploration of the economics of Ai Aleks and Kevin ask, what are the consequences of the anticipated financial bubble bursting, a...
AI's Bubble Trouble?: 1. Is the AI bubble about to burst?
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Aleks and Kevin explore the biggest story in the Ai business. Markets are growing sceptical that the eye-watering sums being invested in Ai will show ...
Can AI do my Christmas shopping?
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aleks and Kevin explore the world of Ai agents, artificial intelligence that can go out and act in the world on your behalf. And with festive season o...
Did AI Fuel the Charlie Kirk Rumour Mill
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aleks & Kevin explore how people turned to Ai to solve Charlie Kirk's murder, enhancing grainy CCTV pictures or asking chatbots to help them inves...
Is AI dividing us politically?
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A report by the National Centre for Social research show that political orientation shapes attitudes toward AI technologies and their regulation. With...
Why am I sad when my AI goes away?
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
According to the Harvard Business Review companionship has become the number one use case for generative Ai. But what if the model gets updated and th...
Why is AI erasing people?
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For years disabled and marginalised communities have fought for representation in what we see in the media. Aleks and Kevin find out if AI risks undoi...
Can AI make me fitter?
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What would make you want to exercise? Is it the thrill of being discovered as the next football legend? Or maybe the threat of a scary drill sergeant ...
Everything You Always Wanted to Ask About AI
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Haven’t had your A.I. question answered yet? We’re making up for it. Aleks and Kevin are in the hot seat for an episode dedicated to tackling the ...
Is AI better than my therapist?
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As more and more of us use Ai chat bots inevitably people will start asking them about their problems. Aleks and Kevin ask if there's a risk they do ...
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, AI?
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if espionage is about to be revolutionised by Ai. Around the globe intelligence agencies are getting excited about t...
Is China getting AI right?
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released their R1 model on the world it sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley. Out of nowhere was an AI that perform...
What Do I Do if AI Gets Me Wrong?
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a Norwegian man idly asked ChatGPT to tell him something about himself he was appalled to read that according to the chatbot he'd been convicted ...
Why Is AI Stealing Books?
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Books are at the heart of an ongoing AI controversy with 7.5 million books being used to train AI without the authors’ knowledge or consent. So, sho...
Can AI Save Darth Vader?
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aleks and Kevin step into the world of actors “banking” their voices for use after death. With the help of AI your favourite actor can continue to...
What Is Trump's AI Agenda?
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ai is at a turning point, Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask what direction it will take and who is advising the most powerful man in the world on what...
Should AI have a 'kill switch'?
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong explore our fears around AI, where they come from andwhether we're worrying about the right things?Listener Paul asks 'i...
Will AI Eat Itself?
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listener Gordon is worried that as AI content spreads across the web there'll be proportionally less and less human content for the AI’s to be train...
Can AI Level Up Video Games?
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You don’t need to be a diehard gamer to realise video games have long been used as a yard stick to measure how far technology has come. From Pong an...
Can AI Solve A Murder?
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can you imagine how quickly Poirot could have solved a crime, if only he’d had access to AI software? Following a fictional murder case provided by ...
Will AI Control the World's Money?
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Of all the jobs artificial intelligence might replace surely trading in stocks and shares is at the top of the list. Aleks and Kevin find out it might...
Can we keep AI out of human only spaces?
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The arms race is over and we lost. All those increasingly annoying little puzzles to prove "I am not a robot" from how many buses can you see to the i...
Can AI debunk conspiracy theories?
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Conspiracy theories—once confined to fringe communities—have entered the mainstream.Social media has supercharged outlandish narratives, giving th...
Can AI Save the NHS?
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Darzi report of September 2024 painted a bleak picture of the NHS; crumbling infrastructure, low productivity and increasingly unhappy patients. A...
Can AI read emotions?
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered what others are feeling but can’t quite read their emotions? Chris, a listener, emailed us with this exact dilemma. Partly due to bein...
Will Shrimp Jesus kill social media?
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, we get odd questions at the Artificial Human - ‘Why has my gran’s facebook feed been taken over by Shrimp Jesus?’ definitely raised e...
Can AI get me a new job?
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence is in our homes, schools and workplaces. What does this mean for us?In 'The Artificial Human,' Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong s...
Could AI Make My Glastonbury Better?
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence is in our homes, schools and workplaces. What does this mean for us?In 'The Artificial Human,' Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong s...
How green is my AI?
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Apple announce the integration of generative AI across their platforms Aleks and Kevin ask do we actually know how much energy AI consumes and is i...
Why can’t AI drive me home yet?
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Developers have been trying to create driverless cars since the 1920s. Numerous iterations have come into being and fallen away over the years - radi...
Can we stop saying AI can think
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence is in our homes, schools and workplaces. What does this mean for us?In 'The Artificial Human,' Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong s...
Can AI Look After Me in Old Age?
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence is in our homes, schools and workplaces. What does this mean for us?In 'The Artificial Human,' Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong s...
Should AI Make My Decisions?
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence is in our homes, schools and workplaces. What does this mean for us, and how will it change our lives? In this episode of The...
How do I avoid being scammed by AI?
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a world where AI Voice clones can sound like your bank manager or your child in distress, Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong discover how to avoid being...
Could AI win an Oscar?
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AI art has been evolving at a rapid pace. In a few short months images, sound and increasingly video have all become so realistic it’s hard to tell ...
Is AI Better Than My Doctor?
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence is in our homes, schools and workplaces. What does this mean for us?In a new series, Aleks Krotoski (The Digital Human, Radio ...
Could AI Swing an Election?
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With over 50 elections around the world in 2024, how could AI influence the democratic process?Disinformation has already been supercharged by digital...
Should I let my kids use AI for their homework?
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Children always seem to figure out new technology before their parents, but as technology has become ever more advanced, and interactive, we have had ...
Introducing The Artificial Human
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With stories coming out daily of how it will change just about everything Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong set out to answer the most pressing questions ...