50 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestA dominant Spanish badminton player uses technology in an effort to accomplish something that nobody in the sport has ever done before. An American man is wrongfully convicted of a crime based on an inaccurate lie detector test, but advances in AI may prevent this from happening in the future. As a joke, an Indonesian student offers his selfies for sale as non-fungible tokens on an internet marketplace and goes viral, earning him a small fortune in the process. An American speech pathologist teaches her dog to communicate by tapping programmed buttons, leading to a debate about whether or not artificial intelligence can be used to decode animal language.
Technology is the great paradox of the twenty first century. While it's inarguable that it has enhanced certain aspects of our lives, it's hard to ignore the detrimental effects it can inflict on society at large. These are the stories of the future that big data is bringing to our doorsteps. The real world impact of predictions and surveillance. The power of artificial intelligence and autonomous machines. For better or worse, these are the Secrets of Big Data.
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