Matthew Moore at The Times (paywalled) has done more work on the final four seeking to be the next Controller of Radio 4. He suggests they are Cassian Harrison, currently in charge of BBC Four, Joanna Carr, former editor of PM and now head of current affairs, Mohit Bakaya, Radio 4’s commissioning editor for factual programming (and bro of the newly-honoured Dr Samir Shah), and Rob Ketteridge, head of arts, documentaries and drama for BBC radio.
Will Cassian's pitch include a drive to include more culture from the 80s ?
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"Another important post that needs filling at the moment is that of controller of Radio 4. One of the shortlisted applicants, Cassian Harrison, who confusingly is currently in charge of BBC Four (TV numbering), last year used an AI algorithm to select archive programmes for his channel’s schedule. I think that makes him the diametric opposite of a luddite – he’s embracing the approaching obsolescence of human input in his own line of work.
ReplyDeleteThis interview process would be an interesting test of Tengai’s impartiality. Would it, as programmed, resist favouring a candidate who so enthusiastically supports its robot colleagues? Or, with a sudden and frightening leap in self-consciousness, would it focus on jobs for the droids? If so, a successful career in politics beckons."
(David Mitchell in The Observer)
https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/16/how-to-follow-the-maybot-a-droid-pm