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Preview: Season 51 Episode 5 | 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the promise and perils of new A.I. technologies.
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
Preview: Season 51 Episode 5 | 26sVideo has Closed Captions
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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the possibilities seem endless, With A.I., drugs can be cheaper.
To see where those fires are starting.
but so do the risks.
We're going to live in a world that we don't know what's real.
A.I.
is going to be one of the most fundamentally destabilizing transitions in the history of our species.
The Birth of Artificial Intelligence
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The origins of modern AI can be traced back to World War II. (3m 24s)
How A.I. is fighting wildfires
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Firefighters are using AI to find wildfires before they explode. (1m 34s)
How Deepfakes Manipulate Reality
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Deepfakes are getting more convincing and easier to make. (4m 22s)
How Large Language Models Like ChatGPT Work
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It’s not always easy to tell the difference between writing by a human and ChatGPT. (1m 44s)
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National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the NOVA Science Trust, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers.