About this episode
<p>What can the human brain teach us about AI? And what can AI teach us about our own intelligence? These questions underpin a lot of AI research. In this first episode, Hannah meets the DeepMind Neuroscience team to explore these connections and discovers how our brains are like birds’ wings, what training a dog and an AI agent have in common, and why the simplest things for people to do are, paradoxically, often the hardest for machines.</p><p>If you have a question or feedback on the series, message us on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/deepmind?lang=en">@DeepMind</a> using the hashtag #DMpodcast) or email us at <a href="mailto:podcast@deepmind.com">podcast@deepmind.com</a>.</p><p><strong>Further reading</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/topics/Artificial_intelligence">BBC: An AI playlist</a></li><li><a href="https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html">Wait But Why: The AI Revolution</a></li><li><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-for-everyone">Coursera: AI for everyone</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/machine-learning-for-humans/why-machine-learning-matters-6164faf1df12">Medium: Machine Learning for Humans</a></li><li><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/yQJiFZ3lStANKA">Google Arts & Culture: 25 moments that have defined AI</a></li><li><a href="https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/machine-learning/what-is-machine-learning-infographic/">Royal Society: What is Machine Learning?</a></li><li><a href="https://go.technologyreview.com/newsletters/the-algorithm/">The Algorithm: A weeklyemail newsletter from MIT Tech Review</a></li><li><a href="https://deepmind.com/blog/article/ai-and-neuroscience-virtuous-circle">DeepMind blog: neuroscience and AI: a virtuous circle</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070219/full/070219-6.html">Nature: Far-sighted birds plan breakfast the evening before</a></li></ul><p><strong>Interviewees in this episode:</strong> Deepmind CEO and co-founder, Demis Hassabis; Matt Botvinick, Director of Neuroscience Research; research scientists Jess Hamrick and Greg Wayne; and Director of Research, Koray Kavukcuoglu.</p><p><strong>Credits:</strong><br />Presenter: Hannah Fry<br />Editor: David Prest<br />Senior Producer: Louisa Field<br />Producers: Amy Racs, Dan Hardoon<br />Binaural Sound: Lucinda Mason-Brown<br />Music composition: Eleni Shaw (with help from Sander Dieleman and WaveNet)<br />Commissioned by DeepMind</p> <p><p>Please leave us a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts if you enjoyed this episode. We always want to hear from our audience whether that's in the form of feedback, new idea or a guest recommendation! </p><p> </p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>