The Marvels of Science

Episode 12: Artificial Friends


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We return to the topic of artificial intelligence, briefly touched upon in Episode 5: Robots!  What's the Singularity? How close are we to making Alexa more like JARVIS? Is it harder to teach a computer how to play chess or process an image? What even is intelligence? What happens if we make real intelligence and release a new life form upon the world? And what are our social responsibilities when figuring out how best to apply these artificial intelligences?

To answer these questions, Color Commentator Caroline Bailey and I chat with Science Expert and AI researcher Ronen Tamari. I'm very proud - I almost understand all of what we talked about!

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The Marvels of ScienceBy Dave Reinersmann

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