TV series
The Age of A.I.
Overview
Explore the impact of A.I. and how it is transforming the way we live and work -- both now and in the future, featuring some of the brightest minds in science, philosophy, technology, engineering, medicine, futurism, entertainment and the arts to tell the dynamic story of A.I.
Details
- First air date
- 2019-12-18
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- YouTube Premium
- Production
- Network Entertainment, Team Downey, Sonar Entertainment
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Downey Jr. as Self - Host
- Ayanna Howard as Self - Roboticist
- Mark Sagar as Self - CEO Soul Machines
- Rana El Kaliouby as Self - Co-Founder & CEO, Affectiva / Author, Girl Decoded
- will.i.am as Self - Black Eyed Peas
- Pedro Domingos as Self - Professor of Computer Science, University of Washington
- Jason Barnes as Self - Musician
- Jason Schneider as Self - Filmmaker
- Chris Dunning as Self - CPO & LPO, The Hanger Clinic
- Colin Hodges as Self - VP Production Management, Soul Machines
- John Shaw as Self - Father
- Sharon Shaw as Self - Mother
Creators and crew
- Cory Lanier - Executive Producer
- Susan Downey - Executive Producer
- Tom Lesinski - Executive Producer
- Jenna Santoianni - Executive Producer
- Derik Murray - Executive Producer
- Robert Downey Jr. - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: How Far is Too Far?
Can A.I. make music? Can it feel excitement and fear? Is it alive? Will.i.am and Mark Sagar push the limits of what a machine can do. How far is too far, and how much further can we go?
Episode 2: Healed through A.I.
The human body is not infallible, but through the wonders of A.I. research scientists are finding ways to address those imperfections. A.I. has the potential to heal, enhance and make up for the things our bodies lack.
Episode 3: Using A.I. to build a better human
Through life changing accidents, and data minded through NASCAR, human beings are finding ways to rebuild one another so that we are better, faster, and stronger than ever before and all with the help of A.I. Once nothing more than the stuff of comic books and TV shows, we truly have the technology to become modern superheroes.
Episode 4: Love, Art and Stories: Decoded
What is love and what defines art? Humans have theorized, debated, and argued over these questions for centuries. As researchers become closer and closer to boiling these concepts down to a science, A.I. projects become closer to becoming alternatives for romantic companions and artists in their own right.
Episode 5: The 'Space Architects' of Mars
Life on Mars won't be how David Bowie pictured it. With the help of artificial intelligence, architects and scientists are painting a picture of what life in space could be like and how it will be possible.
Episode 6: Will a robot take my job?
The fear of losing jobs to computers is a common one among millions of people, and one that many have seen happen in their lifetime. But A.I. has the potential to allow many jobs to evolve, to become safer, more efficient and better for society as a whole.
Episode 7: Saving the world one algorithm at a time
Many say that human beings have destroyed our planet. Because of this these people are endeavoring to save it through the help of artificial intelligence. Famine, animal extinction, and war may all be preventable one day with the help of technology.
Episode 8: How A.I. is searching for Aliens
We have always wondered whether other intelligent life exists in this galaxy, but for the first time we have the technology to help answer that question. With artificial intelligence, researchers have renewed the hunt for alien life in space and also begun to wonder if an entirely new life form has been born on earth.
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