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Behind the rise of AI there's big questions about where this technology is going. Is it going to be super intelligent — and if that happens — is it going to kill us all? In our final episode, we're diving into the future and unpacking the full spectrum of expert predictions, from the idea that we're on the brink of creating human-level AI, to fears that AI will make humanity extinct. Come meet our future AI overlords.
Previous episodes
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650 - 06 | Is super-intelligent AI around the corner? Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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649 - 05 | The year the world woke up to AI with a bang Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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648 - 04 | If you control AI, you control the world Wed, 15 Nov 2023
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647 - 03 | The bumpy history of driverless cars and their AI brains Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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646 - 02 | Locked up by AI for a crime he didn't commit Wed, 01 Nov 2023
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645 - 01 | The day modern AI toppled humanity's champion Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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644 - I for one welcome... Hello AI Overlords! Mon, 23 Oct 2023
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643 - REAL WILD CHILD (Part 4) — The Lost Boys Fri, 19 May 2023
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642 - What family secrets hide inside your cells? Epigenetics, trauma, and ancestry Fri, 12 May 2023
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641 - Robbie and the DNA Detectives Fri, 05 May 2023
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640 - REAL WILD CHILD (Part 3) — The superstar of Tai Asks Why Fri, 28 Apr 2023
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639 - REAL WILD CHILD (Part 2) — I grew up in a cult Sun, 23 Apr 2023
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638 - REAL WILD CHILD (Part 1) — The nuclear boy scouts Fri, 14 Apr 2023
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637 - Thanks for the fun! Science Friction's Natasha Mitchell has some news Mon, 10 Apr 2023
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636 - The fantastical world of fusion – The Expanse's Ty Franck and futurist Karl Schroeder (Part 2) Thu, 06 Apr 2023
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635 - Nuclear disruption — will starry-eyed startups win the nuclear fusion race? (Part 1) Fri, 31 Mar 2023
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634 - The unexpected lives of Lab Shenanigans and The Scholar Diaries Sat, 25 Mar 2023
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633 - Out of jail, is the CRISPR-baby scandal scientist at it again? Fri, 17 Mar 2023
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632 - Science is political — Australia's science minister Ed Husic Fri, 10 Mar 2023
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631 - Quantum bullsh*t — how (not) to ruin your life with advice from quantum physics Fri, 03 Mar 2023
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630 - We're here, we're queer, and omg science! Fri, 24 Feb 2023
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629 - World Pride 2023 - Love Your Nature Fri, 17 Feb 2023
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628 - Rock celebrity! The big bucks and wild geopolitics of meteorites - Part 2 Fri, 10 Feb 2023
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627 - Rock celebrity! The Black Beauty saga - Part 1 Fri, 03 Feb 2023
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626 - Gene edited foods back on the menu - what are they and what's changed? (REPEAT) Fri, 27 Jan 2023
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625 - Twinning! (REPEAT) Sun, 22 Jan 2023
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624 - Escaping Russia's new Iron Curtain — superstar science podcaster Ilya Kolmanovsky (REPEAT) Sun, 15 Jan 2023
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623 - AI ethics leader Timnit Gebru is changing it up after Google fired her (REPEAT) Sun, 08 Jan 2023
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622 - Scratch that itch! Meet the Sneaky Artist (REPEAT) Sun, 01 Jan 2023
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621 - The mighty fly army (REPEAT) Sun, 25 Dec 2022
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620 - Brains vs brains, boys vs girls! Science Friction's 2022 quiz show Fri, 16 Dec 2022
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619 - Prison for protesting - climate change activists or criminals? Fri, 09 Dec 2022
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618 - The soul in the machine — anthropologist, technologist, futurist Genevieve Bell Fri, 02 Dec 2022
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617 - The End of the Universe with poet Alicia Sometimes (Part 2 of 2) Fri, 25 Nov 2022
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616 - Presents: WHO'S GONNA SAVE US? Citizens Assemble! Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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615 - Presents: WHO'S GONNA SAVE US? Better Call Saul Fri, 11 Nov 2022
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614 - Love and Exile: An everlasting mystery (Part 2 of 2) Fri, 04 Nov 2022
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613 - Love and Exile: An everlasting mystery (Part 1 of 2) Sun, 30 Oct 2022
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612 - Sex, tech, intimacy and power — Jennifer Mills, Rob Brooks, Josephine Taylor Thu, 20 Oct 2022
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610 - Deep Past meets Deep Future — science fiction star Becky Chambers Fri, 14 Oct 2022
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609 - What came before the Big Bang? Poet Alicia Sometimes wants to know Fri, 07 Oct 2022
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608 - Do we need a revolution? Bruce Pascoe, James Bradley, Michelle Johnston, Lesley Head Fri, 30 Sep 2022
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607 - Sex cells! Are there just two biological sexes? [Part 2] Wed, 21 Sep 2022
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606 - Simón(e) Sun - I knew I was trans because of science [Part 1] REPEAT Sun, 18 Sep 2022
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605 - I still call Australia home ... but. Why the USA is stealing our scientists Fri, 09 Sep 2022
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604 - Fire of Love – the radical passion of Katia and Maurice Krafft Fri, 02 Sep 2022
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603 - If trees could talk (Part 2) - Living fossils on the edge Fri, 26 Aug 2022
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602 - If trees could talk … what could they tell you? (Part 1) Fri, 19 Aug 2022
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601 - YOU can save the planet. Con or not? National Science Week debate Fri, 12 Aug 2022
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600 - The wattle war (repeat) Fri, 05 Aug 2022
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