Scientists led by the University of Nevada Las Vegas have been investigating a vast dinosaur-era volcanic superstructure beneath the Pacific Ocean. Dr Dan McQuillan, an expert in the social impact of artificial intelligence from Goldsmiths University of London, on the devastating consequences of combining of human bureaucracy and ‘opaque’ AI. Birth of universe in sight through ‘oldest black hole’. 

Also in this episode:

• The real Innerspace...nanobot army treats men’s tumours
• Child measles epidemic warning as parents shun vaccine
• Discover what’s inside Bennu asteroid capsule
• Alert for autonomous robot lawnmowers ‘killing hedgehogs.

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