Graphic with circle of a walkman and headset. The graphic features title 'research records' with a caption at the bottom that says 'a lively inspiration for life podcast by academics and their soundtrack to academic adventure'
Podcast, 51 mins

Research Records #31 Professor Marie Kinsey Interviews Professor Tony Prescott

The podcast exploring Sheffield academic's professional and personal journeys alongside their own soundtrack to academic adventure.

Our latest guest is an internationally recognised expert in a particularly exciting, compelling and hugely topical areas of research; the relationship between human beings and the technology we create. Tony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Robotics at the University of Sheffield and the co-founder and former director of Sheffield Robotics, a cross disciplinary research group across both of the city’s universities.

Tony’s research brings together robotics and artificial intelligence with psychology, brain theory and philosophy. He aims to answer questions about the human condition by creating synthetic entities which have animal, or human-like capacities, such as emotion, perception, memory and a sense of self. For many years he has written and spoken about the impact of robotic, AI, and virtual reality technologies on human society and culture.

Tracklist

Playing tracks by Joni Mitchell, Tony Prescott, The Pixies, John Martyn, Vangelis and more.

Credits

Introduction

Hosts

Guest

Production

  • Clint Fandango

See also