The Alien in the Room

2025-12-12 · 61 min · episode 671 · 12 entities

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evidence rules-v4
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mentioned Science concept

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mentioned History concept

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mentioned Documentary concept

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mentioned Natural Sciences concept

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discusses Society & Culture concept

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evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Society & Culture
discusses Science concept

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evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Science
discusses History concept

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evidence rules-v4
Feed category: History
discusses Documentary concept

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evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Documentary
discusses Natural Sciences concept

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evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Natural Sciences

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hosted by WNYC Studios company

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It’s faster than a speeding bullet. It’s smarter than a polymath genius. It’s everywhere but it’s invisible. It’s artificial intelligence. But what actually is it? Today we ask this simple question and explore why it’s so damn hard to answer. Special thanks to Stephanie Yin and the New York Institute of Go for teaching us the game. Mark, Daria and Levon Hoover Brauner for helping bring NETtalk to life. And a huge thank you to Grant Sanderson for his unending patience explaining the math of neural nets to us. To learn more about how these 'thinking machines' actually think, we highly recommend his wonderful youtube channel 3Blue1Brown ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk) . EPISODE CREDITS: Reported by - Simon Adler Produced by - Simon Adler Original music from - Simon Adler Sound design contributed by - Simon Adler Fact-checking by - Anna Pujol-Mazzini Sign up for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Signup (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram , Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org . Leadership support for Radiolab’s science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.