Nigel Shadbolt on the worldwide web

The Life Scientific

BBC

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🗓️ 14 April 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Southampton University, believes in the power of open data. With Sir Tim Berners-Lee he persuaded two UK Prime Ministers of the importance of letting us all get our hands on information that's been collected about us by the government and other organisations. But, this has brought him into conflict with people who think there's money to be made from this data. And open data raises issues of privacy. Nigel Shadbolt talks to Jim al-Khalili about how a degree in psychology and philosophy lead to a career researching artificial intelligence and a passion for open data.

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0:29.0	Hello and welcome to the podcast of the Life Scientific.
0:33.6	First broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
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0:41.0	scientists alive today and to find out what makes them tick.
0:45.0	My guest today is a passionate believer in the power of data.
0:50.0	Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt is one of the founders of the Open Data Institute.
0:55.1	He persuaded two Prime Ministers of the importance of letting us all get our hands on information
1:00.6	that's been collected about us by the UK government.
1:03.0	But this has brought them into conflict with people who think there's money to be made from this data,
1:08.0	and open data raises issues of privacy.
1:11.0	Nigel is currently professor of artificial intelligence at Southampton University.
1:16.3	Over the last 30 years he's studied all aspects of the relationship between us and computers,
1:22.1	from writing programs that model human behavior to exploring
1:25.8	citizen science projects.
1:28.1	He's fascinated by the possibilities of networks of people and information.
1:33.0	Nagell, welcome to the Life Scientific.
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