Igor Aleksander

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000 by BBC

Jul 4, 199937:35Society & Culture

Sue Lawley's guest this week is Profesor Igor Aleksander. He has been researching artificial conciousness for over 30 years. His first machine, Wisard, could recognise faces. His latest, Magnus, can think. He predicts th...

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