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Potential futures

How will human potential change in the future?

Digital technology has become an essential part of our everyday lives, enabling us to communicate, find information and increasing our range of leisure activities.

Kate Mason looks at how the growth of such technologies could impact on our potential. In the workplace technology can speed up menial tasks, would this free up time and allow more human creativity ? And how can such tech help us explore our potential throughout our lives?

Ghislaine Boddington discuses the concept of digital twins, our very own personalised form of AI https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/las/ghislaine-boddington

And Sophie Scott considers the potential of the human brain. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/icn/people/sophie-scott

Presenter : Kate Mason
Producer : Julian Siddle

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14 minutes

On radio

Fri 26 Jun 2026 11:45

Broadcasts

  • Fri 3 Nov 2023 09:45
  • Sat 4 Nov 2023 00:30
  • Fri 26 Jun 2026 11:45
  • Sat 27 Jun 2026 00:30