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Igor Aleksander

Sue Lawley's castaway is a professor of neural systems engineering Igor Aleksander.

Sue Lawley's guest this week is Profesor Igor Aleksander. He has been researching artificial conciousness for over 30 years. His first machine, Wisard, could recognise faces. His latest, Magnus, can think. He predicts that soon our computors will be so intelligent we won't be able to switch them off at the end of the day without feeling guilty.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Agnus Dei from Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Companions to the Mind by Richard Gregory
Luxury: A virtual reality London Symphony Orchestra so he can conduct it

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 9 Jul 1999 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major 'Emperor'

    Soloist: Arturo Benedetti Orchestra: Vienna Symphonia

    • Piano Concerto no.5.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto)

    Soloist: Beniamino Gigli with Amelita Galli-Curci, Louise Homer and Giuseppe De Luca Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Conductor: Walter Goehr

    • Opera Arias by Bizet, Donizetti.Verdi: Beniamino Gigli.
    • EMI.

  • Les Paul

    Little Rock Getaway

    • Les Paul Now.
    • Decca.

  • The Oscar Peterson Trio

    Georgia On My Mind

    • Night Train.
    • Verve Records.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor - 4th movement (Adagietto)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic

    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
    • Sony Classical.

  • 韦委蟿慰蟼 螝伪蟻纬喂蠅蟿维魏畏蟼

    Evening

    Soloist: Savina Giaunaton, Lena Platonos

    • 13 Songs.
    • Lyra.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Agnus Dei (from Requiem Mass)

      Soloist: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Janet Baker Choir: Philharmonia Chorus Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini

      • EMI.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor

    Soloist: Maxim Vengerov Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich

    • Prokofiev/Shostakovich: Violin concertos.
    • Teldec.

  • Book Choice

    • Companions to the Mind - Richard Gregory

  • Luxury Choice

    • A virtual reality London Symphony Orchestra so he can conduct it

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Igor Aleksander

Broadcasts

  • Sun 4 Jul 1999 11:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Fri 9 Jul 1999 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4

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