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The hidden production line behind AI
Bingchun Meng's research has taken her to China to explore the infrastructure behind AI technology innovation and meet workers at AI data centres
Ask not what AI will do, but what we can make it do
Is the progression of AI dooming us to a dystopian future? Not if we develop AI with care, argues Eugenie Dugoua
Do politicians pay more attention to climate change in the aftermath of extreme weather events?
Extreme weather events are becoming commonplace, but do devastating events spurr politicians to act? António Valentim finds out
LSE iQ Podcast
The award-winning monthly social science podcast from LSE
Is AI destroying the planet? | LSE iQ Podcast
Artificial intelligence is transforming the world around us, offering increased productivity and promising to help tackle difficult problems like global warming. But behind the scenes, its environmental costs are mounting.
Artificial intelligence is transforming the world around us, offering increased productivity and promising to help tackle difficult problems like global warming. But behind the scenes, its environmental costs are mounting.
What type of person falls for an online scam? Who are the fraudsters and how does colonialism motivate them? And what’s the connection between criminality and pop music?
With the cost-of-living crisis leading to the closure of community spaces around the UK, and the pressures on urban development projects, this episode of LSE iQ asks, are we in danger of losing our communities?
Should we still be driving? Has public transport in cities helped alleviate the need to drive? And are driverless cars any closer to really helping solve the issue of the number of cars on the road?
A national scandal: widespread illegal sewage dumping by our privatised water companies