Are human beings machines?
If, as Joe believes, human beings are machines, why are we bothering to build artificial intelligence. If we succeed all we will have done i...
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CLGdotPOD - Talking Local Government is a weekly podcasts about, for and by anyone working in or interested in UK local government. This podcast sits alongside CLGdotTV webTV programmes avai...
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Ai plus human stupidity? Time to worry?
.… the machines are coming. I have seen the future and it does not look anything like the past or the present. We are as children now, innoc...
'Really tangible benefits' of digital support for unpaid care are here, now
Madeleine Starr, Director of Business and Innovation at Carers UK explains how digital can help the UK's 8.8 million unpaid carers - includi...
MapLondon event December 19: speakers discuss data, digital mapping, planning, and citizen engagement
A wide range of professionals from the world of planning and development convened at December's MapLondon event to explore how cities might...
Recovery from election fraud: the Tower Hamlets story
Asmat Hussain, Corporate Director of Governance tells Rachael Tiffen of CIFAS what happened next after the High Court's overturn of its 2014...
Could a digital approach solve care managers' and providers' problems with medicines support?
Damian Nolan (Halton BC) and Jane Hancer (CC2i) explain the problems of administering meds and describe a new collaboration by councils to f...
Councils collaborate to explore digital potential in administration of new Liberty Protection Safeguards
Jane Hancer (CC2i) and Damian Nolan (Halton BC) describe how a five-council collaboration supported by the LGA and match-funded NHS Digital...
WM ADASS: immersive data presentation will change health & care commissioning
The Bridge - Shropshire Council's immersive approach to presenting local data - is set to transform council and NHS commissioning The Bridge...
'It's never gone this well!' – council service teams on building their own IT
Kate Hurr, Digital Manager at Cumbria County Council, describes colleagues' enthusiasm for creating digital services in-house. The discussio...
Transformation done right is 'with' and not 'to' says LB Havering team
London Borough of Havering's Chief Operating Officer Jane West and transformation lead Susie Faulkner describe a process designed to bring s...
Counter Measures No4 - how a trusted member of staff committed a £2.1m fraud and what LB Barnet did next
Clair Green, Director of Assurance at London Borough of Barnet tells Rachael Tiffen, Director Local Government at CIFAS, about an unpreceden...
Planning across place is key to tackling challenges of ageing populations
The proportion of over 65s and 85s in Shropshire is growing faster than in most parts of the UK and that concentrates the mind, says Andy Be...
Doteveryone on regulating for responsible technology
Director of Policy Catherine Miller describes how the thinktank is working with regulators across all sectors on measures to counter harmful...
Counter Measures No3 - Durham's anti fraud team recovers £4.5m since 2015
This conversation reveals how Durham County Council has developed its comprehensive counter fraud strategy from pretty much a standing start...
West Midlands Workforce Alliance creates "safe space" for challenging health and social care discussions
After a decade of austerity, people working in social care have got used to hard decisions and making do. But the message emerging from the...
Leaders & Leadership 3 - leadership in a digital world
Heading up one of the country's newest councils - one that only came into being on April 1 - Matt is also the policy spokesman on digital le...
Free Thinking 1 - Innovation strategies in the public sector
iHub is 80% externally funded, from sources like InnovateUK, Horizon2020 and the European Investment Bank. Only four posts are currently fun...
Free Thinking 2 – people need training to be as 'human' as bots
Staff picking up enquiries handed off from Monty, the Monmouthshire Council website chatbot, have needed training to ensure they put aside c...
Circular Economy Show 4 - Biomimicry, new questions for old answers
Dr David Greenfield asks materials designer Lucy Hughes and Richard MacCowan CEO Biomimicry UK all about design solutions that mimic the nat...
Future of Work 4
Leatham Green, Executive Director of the Public Services People Manager's Association (PPMA) in conversation with Fiona McAdoo Associate Dir...