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Season 1  "Machines Take Over the World"  1x3

Aired 7 years ago - Apr 21, 2017

From robots that paint Rembrandts to Twitterbots gone rogue, Bill and his guests explore the potential and pitfalls of artificial intelligence.

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Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 1
something that not only uses what you've done in the past,
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based on information it got from the past
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But it's another thing...
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 4
Hey, hey, it's my ice cream.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 5
Now all I gotta do is decide.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 6
or what kind of medical treatment your kid should get?
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 7
to investigate a very different kind of artificial intelligence.
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Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 10
but you're asking a computer to create something original.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 11
But that is still just a digital item. It's zeros and ones.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 12
but the printer is his hands. So, it uses the colors,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 13
This is basically a person made up out of facial features glued together.
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Very cool that they're able to analyze these features
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 17
if this artificial intelligence painting machine...
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 18
What if the Internet is conscious now, and we don't know?
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 19
to angry at... the Internet?
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 20
and where we are and where we're going with artificial intelligence,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 21
law professor, Ryan Calo. Welcome, welcome, welcome.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 22
maybe half of which have come true,
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just small sections of the "intelligentsia."
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 24
Well, we've had Luddites, people who are afraid of machines,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 25
and as you alluded to, it's kind of nudging us this way and that,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 26
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But take privacy as a good example, okay?
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 29
that are credited to, uh, webcams being taken over by malware.
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It's organic. This is to say, in the case of the Internet,
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as to when do they think we are going to come to a point
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wouldn't necessarily have come up-- Have known in advance.
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In some cases, randomly, in some cases, more directed,
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And yet, we feel comfortable deploying it in our most sensitive social institutions.
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based on their risk factors.
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that no longer have the chance to deploy that judgment and we're losing...?
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 39
we want to separate it from the--
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 40
Let's not throw away the baby with the bathwater.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 41
Thank you, guys. Thank you. I'm reaching, I'm reaching, I'm reaching.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 42
You know? No, I am. It...
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 43
See, the red light, that's very troubling.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 44
Uh, the quadricopter, not the bar.
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 45
Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 46
and Margaret Mitchell from Microsoft,
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 47
I've been working on this research project
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 48
And, so, it can recognize things, this app, using the camera on the phone?
 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 49
Here-- Seriously,
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Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 2
based on information it got from the past
#2 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 3
But it's another thing...
#3 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 4
Hey, hey, it's my ice cream.
#4 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 5
Now all I gotta do is decide.
#5 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 6
or what kind of medical treatment your kid should get?
#6 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 7
to investigate a very different kind of artificial intelligence.
#7 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 8 #8 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 9 #9 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 10
but you're asking a computer to create something original.
#10 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 11
But that is still just a digital item. It's zeros and ones.
#11 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 12
but the printer is his hands. So, it uses the colors,
#12 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 13
This is basically a person made up out of facial features glued together.
#13 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 14 #14 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 15 #15 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 16
Very cool that they're able to analyze these features
#16 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 17
if this artificial intelligence painting machine...
#17 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 18
What if the Internet is conscious now, and we don't know?
#18 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 19
to angry at... the Internet?
#19 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 20
and where we are and where we're going with artificial intelligence,
#20 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 21
law professor, Ryan Calo. Welcome, welcome, welcome.
#21 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 22
maybe half of which have come true,
#22 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 23
just small sections of the "intelligentsia."
#23 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 24
Well, we've had Luddites, people who are afraid of machines,
#24 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 25
and as you alluded to, it's kind of nudging us this way and that,
#25 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 26 #26 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 27 #27 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 28
But take privacy as a good example, okay?
#28 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 29
that are credited to, uh, webcams being taken over by malware.
#29 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 30
It's organic. This is to say, in the case of the Internet,
#30 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 31
as to when do they think we are going to come to a point
#31 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 32
wouldn't necessarily have come up-- Have known in advance.
#32 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 33
In some cases, randomly, in some cases, more directed,
#33 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 34 #34 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 35 #35 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 36
And yet, we feel comfortable deploying it in our most sensitive social institutions.
#36 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 37
based on their risk factors.
#37 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 38
that no longer have the chance to deploy that judgment and we're losing...?
#38 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 39
we want to separate it from the--
#39 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 40
Let's not throw away the baby with the bathwater.
#40 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 41
Thank you, guys. Thank you. I'm reaching, I'm reaching, I'm reaching.
#41 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 42
You know? No, I am. It...
#42 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 43
See, the red light, that's very troubling.
#43 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 44
Uh, the quadricopter, not the bar.
#44 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 45 #45 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 46
and Margaret Mitchell from Microsoft,
#46 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 47
I've been working on this research project
#47 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 48
And, so, it can recognize things, this app, using the camera on the phone?
#48 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 49
Here-- Seriously,
#49 Recap of Bill Nye Saves the World Season 1 Episode 3 (S01E03) - 50 #50