{"id":741986,"date":"2013-03-15T11:05:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T15:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=72982"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:05:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T15:05:36","slug":"ted-radio-hour-asks-do-we-need-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/741986","title":{"rendered":"TED Radio Hour asks: &ldquo;Do We Need Humans?&rdquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72983\" alt=\"Radio-Hour-Humans\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/radio-hour-humans.jpg?w=780\"   \/>Today, TED Radio Hour asks two questions many of us are scared to pose: will human beings have a purpose as robots become more adept at performing tasks and projecting emotions? And as technology gets more advanced, how does interaction between human beings change?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/sherry_turkle_alone_together.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/6b9f1d8df425700e9c847f0c3574b599bb0208d5_240x180.jpg?resize=132%2C99\" alt=\"Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a>In this episode &#8212; the third in <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2013\/02\/27\/soundscaping-ted-talks-a-qa-with-guy-raz-the-new-host-of-ted-radio-hour\/\">season two<\/a> &#8212; Sherry Turkle explores whether the fact that technology allows us more points of communication actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/sherry_turkle_alone_together.html\">makes us all feel more alone<\/a>. Cynthia Breazeal predicts the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_personal_robots.html\">rise of personal robots<\/a>. Andrew McAfee imagines the future of work as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_mcafee_are_droids_taking_our_jobs.html\">droids take our jobs<\/a>. And Abraham Verghese wonders if <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/abraham_verghese_a_doctor_s_touch.html\">human touch may not be the best medical tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out your local NPR schedule to find out when the show airs today, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/programs\/ted-radio-hour\/\">listen to it via NPR\u2019s website\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/npr-ted-radio-hour-podcast\/id523121474\">Or head to iTunes, where the podcast is available now \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<br \/>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/72982\/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/72982\/\" \/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?resize=1%2C1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/z00IQ_pTiqc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, TED Radio Hour asks two questions many of us are scared to pose: will human beings have a purpose as robots become more adept at performing tasks and projecting emotions? And as technology gets more advanced, how does interaction between human beings change? 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