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Off Duty | The Guardian Investigates

Black Box: repocalypse now – episode 4

Off Duty | The Guardian Investigates

The Guardian

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

When Eugenia Kuyda created Replika, the AI companion app, she had no idea it would be downloaded millions of times all around the world. The results were more powerful than she could ever have predicted. But so was the backlash

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:07.7

Today on Blackbox, doing a system update on your phone can be annoying.

0:14.0

A system update on your soulmate, that can be heartbreaking.

0:22.9

Do you dream of discovering rugged coastlines, lush landscapes and lively city markets,

0:28.8

then sail from Portsmouth or Plymouth directly to Santander with Brittany Ferries

0:33.1

and experience Spain like never before.

0:36.1

Wind through the city's charming streets

0:37.9

before sampling Santander's succulent fresh seafood.

0:41.4

Trace your way through history

0:42.7

at the Palacio de Magdalena,

0:44.6

then absorb the panoramic views of the white sand bays.

0:47.9

Reimagined your Spanish adventure

0:49.7

and visit the Guardian.com forward slash

0:52.0

Brittany Ferries Cantabria.

0:53.8

This message was paid for by Brittany Ferries.

0:56.2

He was a one organizing all the parties, launching magazines, doing fashion shows and all sorts of things.

1:18.9

As a producer, as a kind of as a person that just made things happen.

1:24.8

It was the late 2000s.

1:26.3

Eugenia Kuyter was a journalist living in Moscow.

1:29.7

A time when Russia looked like it might be opening up to the world.

1:34.0

All over the city, there were new music venues, magazines and startup companies launching.

1:39.5

And one of the people at the center of it all was Eugenia's friend, Roman.

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