Black Box

4.7 (137)
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At some point in the past few years, humanity collided with a new kind of intelligence. And things are getting strange. People are being accused of crimes by algorithms; falling in love with digital beings; pioneering new ways to fight old diseases; turning to machines for comfort in their worst moments, and using artificial intelligence to commit – and hide from – terrible crimes. The Guardian’s Michael Safi investigates the story of a technology so complex that its own creators have no idea what it is thinking, and captures a snapshot of the era when people first made contact with AI • Black Box was selected as one of Apple Podcasts Favourites of 2024

8 Episodes

Michael Safi

Host

4.7

out of 5

137 Ratings

Super Informative Reporting

Jan 26

Kozmo 702

Loved this deep dive into AI. VERY informative series. When will there be more?
Black Box!

09/23/2024

mtpianist

Fantastic investigation and report! Congrats!
Strong start, but weak overall

12/25/2024

LL 5th

With three episodes to go, I’m not sure I’ll finish. The series’ foundational episodes were very compelling. After that, we were hit with an unimpressive “investigation” and overmuch anecdotal episodes. It feels like this was prepared on a deadline, and was rushed more and more each episode.
Excellent Overview with Particulars to Show

09/02/2024

JCASEA

Well done Michael Safi and Guardian crew involved.

At some point in the past few years, humanity collided with a new kind of intelligence. And things are getting strange. People are being accused of crimes by algorithms; falling in love with digital beings; pioneering new ways to fight old diseases; turning to machines for comfort in their worst moments, and using artificial intelligence to commit – and hide from – terrible crimes. The Guardian’s Michael Safi investigates the story of a technology so complex that its own creators have no idea what it is thinking, and captures a snapshot of the era when people first made contact with AI • Black Box was selected as one of Apple Podcasts Favourites of 2024