Michael Wooldridge
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize lecturer, discussing limitations of current AI and model hallucinations.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 26min
Does new science get us closer to finding out how life on earth began?
Michael Wooldridge, Oxford computer science professor and Faraday Prize lecturer, talks about why current AI favors plausibility over truth and the roots of hallucinations. Philip Ball, science writer specializing in chemistry and origins of life, explains tiny self-replicating RNAs and what they mean for origin theories. Short, clear conversations on AI limits and RNA clues to life’s beginnings.
Oct 10, 2025 • 12min
Are conscious machines possible? | Oxford professor Michael Wooldridge
Michael Wooldridge, a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and author of 'A Brief History of AI,' dives into the world of artificial intelligence. He explains that AI aims to create intelligent task performers, not life. Wooldridge contrasts symbolic AI with machine learning and discusses the setbacks of the AI winter in the 1970s. He outlines contemporary successes in narrow AI while expressing the ambitious goal of AGI. Finally, he examines the complexities of developing conscious machines and the significant challenges of endowing AI with social skills.
