bluedot FM No. 20: High-tech: Technologies that influence our lives

Artificial intelligence (AI) can now write poems and even song lyrics. Presenter Liv Müllerke explores the question of how AI is used in her favourite genre - battle rap - and how well it works. She talks to many rappers from the scene, including Riesenlauch, Teach and Tesstemony.

As a technology, AI has no soul. But how credibly can it imitate human emotions? And is it even developing into a kind of god? The presenters discuss these questions with Professor Hektor Haarkötter, communication scientist and philosopher at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg. 

Another high-tech technology can help us medically. Virtual reality (VR) can be used in the treatment of fear of heights. Reporter Leander Müllenholz took a look at the H-BRS VR demo at Gamescom and spoke to developer Tobias Bromberg. 

The programme is accompanied by a musical mix. This includes classics such as "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles, feel-good music such as "Lush Life" by Zara Larsson and thematically appropriate songs such as "Wann werd ich endlich ausgetauscht?" by Fatoni.