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Black Box: a new podcast series about AI and us – trailer

Black Box: a new podcast series about AI and us – trailer

FromBlack Box


Black Box: a new podcast series about AI and us – trailer

FromBlack Box

ratings:
Length:
3 minutes
Released:
Feb 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In rural Norway, a young woman’s boyfriend forgets who she is overnight. In Detroit, a man is arrested for a crime, but he was never there. In a Spanish town, disturbing pictures of young girls have appeared, but no one knows who is behind them. In this new series from the Guardian, we’ll explore what it is that connects all these stories: the collision between people and artificial intelligence. Coming soon …
Released:
Feb 15, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (8)

At some point in the past few years, humanity collided with a new kind of intelligence. And things are getting strange. People are being accused of crimes by algorithms; falling in love with digital beings; pioneering new ways to fight old diseases; turning to machines for comfort in their worst moments, and using artificial intelligence to commit - and hide from - terrible crimes. The Guardian’s Michael Safi investigates the story of a technology so complex that its own creators have no idea what it is thinking, and captures a snapshot of the era when people first made contact with AI