Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

Although the international Catholic charity Caritas has been present in Ukraine for decades, the recent eruption of large-scale hostilities has forced them to refocus their efforts in the country in a big way. Jonathan speaks with Hugo Gloss, a humanitarian aid manager at the organisation’s Slovak branch, Slovenská katolícka charita, about the current situation in Ukraine, and about their work both within the country itself and with Ukrainian refugees here in Slovakia. – Repeat: Are new technologies that automate repetitive tasks going to cause a social upheaval by putting large numbers of employees out of work? This is already happening in some fields, and Artificial Intelligence is threatening to make the problem much more widespread. I speak with Martin Spano, an AI enthusiast, about the social impact of his favourite technology.