Dr. Matt Agnew joins us to offer his expert science opinion on our favourite sci-fi parables. Plus, how likely is it that an AI will take over the world? Listen at your own risk...
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Further reading:
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
https://www.netflix.com/title/81399614
The Terminator Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k64P4l2Wmeg
Machine learning in the Cambridge Analytica data breach (The Guardian explainer)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/18/what-is-cambridge-analytica-firm-at-centre-of-facebook-data-breach
Ex Machina Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYGzRB4Pnq8
Gary Kasparov vs. IBM’s Deep Blue: The historic chess match (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/12/05/kasparov-deep-blue-queens-gambit/
Yuval Noah Harari — Homo Deus
https://www.ynharari.com/book/homo-deus/
Her Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzV6mXIOVl4
2001: A Space Odyssey Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR_e9y-bka0
Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics (The Conversation)
https://theconversation.com/after-75-years-isaac-asimovs-three-laws-of-robotics-need-updating-74501
Roko’s Basilisk (click at your own peril)
https://slate.com/technology/2014/07/rokos-basilisk-the-most-terrifying-thought-experiment-of-all-time.html