Radio Berkman 138: My Friend the Robot - a podcast by Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

What if a robot could be your closest friend? Know everything about you? Be able to peruse old family photos with you, read your journal entries, know what you are allergic to, and all your deepest darkest secrets?
Put all those romantic notions of science fiction out of your mind. “Digital Companions” are seen by some as a natural extension of computers and the web – and possible within 30 years.Yorick Wilks is a leading researcher on the Companions Project. We sat down with him to find out more about Digital Companions in our every day life.

This week’s artist:Robert Rich: Cowell Piano

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