Are Robots Going to Take Over the World?!?!?

Faye went to her doctor throughout her adolescent years with major concerns... yet was turned away. Her doctors actually chalked her fainting up to... menstrual cycle issues...? This led to a major accident which left Faye with lasting brain damage, all because her condition was ...  Show more

I learned so much about being a foster parent from my friend Peter a few years ago, I was thrilled to get another perspective on this incredibly important role in society from my friend Laura! Laura is a foster parent who focuses primarily on trauma informed parenting. She taught ...  Show more

Just as manufacturing automation cuts into human jobs, the prospect of creative artificial intelligence raises the specter of robot writers, robot artists and robot musicians who never sleep and always agree with their patron. But paranoia aside, where will creative machine le ...

Guest host Adam Davidson looks at what might happen to your job in a world of human-level artificial intelligence, and asks when it might be time to worry that the machines have become too powerful. (Part 2 of "<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/how-to-think-about-a ...

It’s been claimed artificial intelligence will be as revolutionary as mobile phones or the internet, but there are fears that developments in AI could come at the cost of jobs. We assess the pros and cons of this rapidly-evolving technology, with insight from Marc Raibert, Execut ...  Show more

In the coming years, artificial intelligence is probably going to change your life -- and likely the entire world. But people have a hard time agreeing on exactly how AI will affect our society. Can we build AI systems that help us fix the world? Or are we doomed to a robotic tak ...  Show more