Could dreams be the key to AI consciousness and Artificial General Intelligence? What purpose to dreams serve? And is it really worth reading a full Malcolm Gladwell book? In this week's episode we chat to Oliver Sprigg to find out all of this and more. The is the first in a special season of the Scottish AI Podcast where we're talking to the artists and academics who are presenting projects at AI Can't Write Symphonies and Neither Can You.

Oliver Sprigg (MSc, GMBPsS) is a psychological researcher based in Edinburgh specializing in dreams.

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How will artificial intelligence affect the future of organised religion? And what is a hyper-real? We sat down with Professor Beth Singler to find out.

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Can humans and AIs work together to improve policing? And how do we foster trust in AI with an understandably skeptical public? In this episode we explore the intersection of AI and the justice system with author and strategist Jo Callaghan. We also get some fascinating insight from Alex Fassio - Senior Data Ethicist at the Ministry of Justice.

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