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02 | Locked up by AI for a crime he didn't commit

As ChatGPT shows us, AI can do some amazing stuff. But it does some creepy stuff as well. And it's already been responsible for locking up innocent people. The story of how AI scanned millions of drivers licences and accused Michigan man Robert Wiliams of a crime he didn't commit. When human biases lead to neural networks going rogue.

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  01 | Artificial Evolution: Cloning Goes Mainstream

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  02 | Artificial Evolution: Genetically Modified Marsupials

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  03 | Artificial Evolution: Yuck or Yum? Gene-Edited Meat

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  04 | Artificial Evolution: Pig Parts for People?

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  05 | Artificial Evolution: Gene-Edited Babies

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  INTRODUCING — Artificial Evolution

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  01 | Brain Rot: Is there any proof your phone is destroying your attention…

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  02 | Brain Rot: Is AI turning us off human relationships?

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  03 | Brain Rot: Is tech making your memory better or worse?

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  04 | Brain Rot: Is internet addiction real?

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  05 | Brain Rot: Meet the people who ditched their smartphones. Is it worth…

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  INTRODUCING — Brain Rot

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  01 | Cooked: Could ice cream actually be good for you?

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  02 | Cooked: All-meat eaters say they feel great - but why?

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  03 | Cooked: Mystery in the Mediterranean

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  04 | Cooked: A peculiar potato experiment