{"id":27440,"date":"2023-08-01T08:24:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T06:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=238122"},"modified":"2023-08-01T09:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T07:11:38","slug":"ai-an-ancient-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/ai-an-ancient-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"AI: An ancient nightmare?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artificial intelligence has been hitting the headlines in recent months but, as Michael Wooldridge explores, our fascination with \u2013 and fear of \u2013 AI has a long history <\/p>

By Matt Elton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 01 August 2023 at 06:24 AM<\/p>

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Artificial intelligence\u2019s development seems to be moving at breakneck speed, and the ability of AI to automate even complex tasks \u2013 and, potentially, to outwit its human creators \u2013 has been making plenty of headlines in recent months. But how far back does our fascination with, and our fear of, AI extend? Matt Elton spoke to Michael Wooldridge, professor of computer science at the University of Oxford, to find out more.<\/p>\n\n

Michael Wooldridge is the author of The Road to Conscious Machines: The Story of AI<\/em> (Pelican, 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n