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A.I. Revolution

A.I. tools like ChatGPT seem to think, speak, and create like humans. But what are they really doing? From cancer cures to Terminator-style takeovers, leading experts explore what A.I. can – and can’t – do today, and what lies ahead.

A.I. Revolution

53m 30s

A.I. tools like ChatGPT seem to think, speak, and create like humans. But what are they really doing? From cancer cures to Terminator-style takeovers, leading experts explore what A.I. can – and can’t – do today, and what lies ahead.

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    A.I. Revolution Preview

    S51 E5 - 26s

    A.I. tools like ChatGPT seem to think, speak, and create like humans. But what are they really doing? From cancer cures to Terminator-style takeovers, leading experts explore what A.I. can – and can’t – do today, and what lies ahead.

  • How A.I. is fighting wildfires: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How A.I. is fighting wildfires

    S51 E5 - 1m 34s

    In California an AI tool uses more than a thousand mountaintop surveillance cameras to look for early signs of wildfires.

  • The Birth of Artificial Intelligence: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Birth of Artificial Intelligence

    S51 E5 - 3m 24s

    Artificial intelligence might seem like something new but human beings have wondered for a very long time: can machines think like humans?

  • How Large Language Models Like ChatGPT Work: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How Large Language Models Like ChatGPT Work

    S51 E5 - 1m 44s

    By recognizing patterns in billions of words, these models can make guesses at the next word in a sentence but to do that well, the AI also has to understand the sentence.

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