CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Professor Mike Wooldridge revealed the truth about Artificial Intelligence in the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution, supported by CGI.

Mike looks into the camera while holding a small robot, sitting on red seats in our Theatre
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Find out more about the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Professor Mike Wooldridge tackled the big questions and unravelled the myths of AI research in the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution, supported by CGI.

Watch the lectures on iPlayer here (if you're in the UK) and on YouTube here (if you're outside the UK). 

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Supporting the CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Help us to bring young people and scientists together to explore the science behind Artificial Intelligence, through the 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES.

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More about the CHRISTMAS LECTURES

We're delighted to have the Open University as co-producers of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES this year. Find out more on their website.

History of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Initiated by Michael Faraday when organised education for children was scarce, the CHRISTMAS LECTURES established an exciting new way of presenting science to young people. World-famous scientists have given the Lectures, including Nobel Prize winners William and Lawrence Bragg, Sir David Attenborough, Carl Sagan and Dame Nancy Rothwell.

First broadcast in 1936, the CHRISTMAS LECTURES is the oldest science television series. They have been broadcast every year since 1966 on the BBC and in later years on Channel Five, Channel Four and more4. In 2010, the Lectures returned to BBC Four, and this year were shown on the 26th, 27th and 28th of December.

You can watch past CHRISTMAS LECTURES here.

the Royal Institution theatre during the filming of the 2015 Christmas Lectures with Kevin Fong
the Royal Institution theatre during the filming of the 2015 Christmas Lectures with Kevin Fong

The Royal Institution is closed 19 March

The Ri is closed this week on Tuesday 19 March.