S4 Ep 11 - Artificial Intelligence
Xploration Earth 2050
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22m
Artificial Intelligence, or ‘AI’, is all the rage among futurists. Is it good, bad, something to be worried about, or something to be embraced? Chuck Pell talks to leaders in the field of AI. They discuss Deep Blue, the IBM computer that beat the best chess player in the world, and show how games are key to creating working AI. Did you know the best poker player on the planet is a computer?
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