Does the robotaxi have a future?
Tech Life
BBC
4.4 • 221 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
One of the world’s biggest car manufacturers pulled the plug on its robotaxi project. So what next? We also ask the experts how AI will impact your job. And we’re at the launch of a new music discovery tool, which uses a mix of AI and expert curation. We’re always keen to hear from you. You can email us on [email protected], or send us a voice note on Whatsapp at +44330 1230 320. Presenter: Graham Fraser Producer: Imran Rahman-Jones Editor: Monica Soriano (Image: A Cruise car with cameras attached to its exterior at an intersection in San Francisco. Credit: Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:05.6 | And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:08.3 | In this series, we're going to have a planet off. |
| 0:10.8 | I feel like Jupiter wins. |
| 0:12.8 | And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit. |
| 0:15.9 | We're talking about your bog standard. |
| 0:17.8 | Ice, not the fancy one. |
| 0:20.1 | Science with funny bits. |
| 0:21.9 | The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:24.1 | Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. |
| 0:28.1 | Hello and welcome to TechLife, the program exploring how technology is affecting your life, no matter where you are in the world. |
| 0:36.5 | I am Gra Graham Fraser. |
| 0:38.1 | On the programme today, after the US company General Motors pulled the plug on its cruise |
| 0:43.1 | Robotaxy project, we ask what this means for driverless cabs around the world. |
| 0:49.5 | The big challenge, I think, is going to be how we create environments where these work in a rainstorm, |
| 0:56.5 | in a blizzard, in fog, in mist, in all the rest of it. I'll be asking the experts about the |
| 1:02.9 | growing role of AI in the workplace. AI won't take your job, but somebody who knows how to use AI |
| 1:10.0 | might take your job. And how do you how to use AI might take your job. |
| 1:11.3 | And how do you discover new music? |
| 1:14.4 | We're at the launch of a new AI tool, hoping to help people break free of the streaming algorithms. |
| 1:45.5 | Thank you. How confident would you be getting into a car without a driver? |
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