In the Age of AI

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FRONTLINE

Pbs, Tv & Film, Wgbh, Documentaries, Frontline

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2019

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

FRONTLINE investigates the promise and perils of artificial intelligence, from fears about work and privacy to rivalry between the U.S. and China. The documentary traces a new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our lives, our jobs and our world, and allow the emergence of the surveillance society.

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0:00.0	This is an audio cast of the Frontline program in the age of AI, premiering November 5th on PBS and PBS.org slash Frontline.
0:25.0	Tonight, the race to become an AI superpower is on.
0:29.0	The politics of artificial intelligence.
0:31.0	There will be a Chinese tech sector and there will be an American tech sector.
0:35.0	The New Tech War.
0:36.0	The more data, the better the AI works.
0:39.0	So in the age of AI, where data is the new oil, China is the new Saudi Arabia.
0:45.0	The future of work.
0:46.0	When I increase productivity through automation, jobs go away.
0:50.0	I believe about 50% of jobs will be somewhat or extremely threatened by AI in the next 15 years or so.
0:59.0	AI and corporate surveillance.
1:01.0	We thought that we were searching Google.
1:03.0	We had no idea that Google was searching us.
1:06.0	And the threat to democracy.
1:08.0	China is on its way to building a total surveillance state.
1:13.0	Tonight on Frontline.
1:14.0	Hello. It has pervaded so many elements of everyday life.
1:18.0	How do we make a transparent and accountable?
1:20.0	In the age of AI.
1:23.0	Frontline is made possible by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.
1:30.0	Thank you.
1:31.0	Major support is provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,
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