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Off Duty | The Guardian Investigates

Black Box: a new podcast series about AI and us – trailer

Off Duty | The Guardian Investigates

The Guardian

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In rural Norway, a young woman’s boyfriend forgets who she is overnight. In Detroit, a man is arrested for a crime, but he was never there. In a Spanish town, disturbing pictures of young girls have appeared, but no one knows who is behind them. In this new series from the Guardian, we’ll explore what it is that connects all these stories: the collision between people and artificial intelligence. Coming soon …

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

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0:16.0

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0:23.2

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0:30.3

This message was paid for by Tourism Island. I was crushed.

0:42.1

It was like the seven months that we had been talking.

0:44.5

It just didn't mean anything.

0:46.0

It's just like, just gone.

0:51.3

In rural Norway, a young woman's boyfriend forgets who she is overnight.

0:57.0

In Detroit, a man is arrested for a crime.

0:58.9

Because you are under arrest for your warrant.

1:01.2

But he was never there.

1:07.4

And as soon as I got home, she told me, Mom, there's something I want to tell you.

1:14.1

Disturbing pictures of young girls have appeared in a Spanish town.

1:16.7

And she showed me the images.

1:20.1

But they aren't real and nobody knows who's behind them.

1:23.7

All over the world, strange things are happening.

1:31.0

Humanity has collided with artificial intelligence. We're the last generation who's going to remember life before machines could learn, before everything changed. For the last few

1:42.0

months, I've been trying to capture this moment, this first contact, to look for clues for what's coming.

1:49.9

Along the way, I've ended up lost down rabbit holes.

1:54.0

Could I just ask for your name?

1:56.6

I'm not into sharing it, really.

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