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A robot without a will goes skiing accross the desert. Something runs along side it (sticks a rose on the machine. So then the robot freezes still, looks around, stares at the sun, carves some words in the floor (still with no real will).

I get it. The aim of the series is to make sophisticated and hard-to-understand advances in computing and technology less threatening to the consuming masses. But it relies on a crazy/stupid assumption: that we can program machines to match the complexity of human behavior. Yes, machine learning is a real thing, and it can have some really good and useful applications - as exemplified by the program, a GPS enabled navigation system can guide your driving. But beware: if the map has defaults, you'll end up in a ditch. And yes machines can learn patterns, and yes they can generate patterns that humans would not. OK. Here is the catch: if a machine learns to mimic how Miles Davis plays, you'll get Miles Davis played back to you, with some unexpected variations. The machine is not going to give you Roy Hargrove, Kenny Dorham or Don Cherry from that input. I concede to the documentary that AI can help people who have lost a limb live a better life and be creative and contribute to society in a positive way. It is a welcome advance in human development. But can you please refrain from claiming unproven achievements yet. The hubris and anthropomorphic simplification is a real concern, raising unfounded expectations. The overhyped claims of the series are misleading and dangerous: sending people to the moon and back safely is extremely difficult, to be sure. But asserting that if humankind can achieve this, then it can also deliver on the crazy promises of AI is a massive stretch. And how would the film makers explain to workers on an industrial assembly line that teaching robots to do their work is a good thing? it might be, but the proof of that is in the lived experience of the people involved: have their voices been heard? I'm not a luddite. If harnessed for the improvement of the human condition, technological innovation can be a positive force. But a perspective that balances the costs and benefits of innovation and its impact on people must be presented. This is not the case in this glorified infomercial. 3/10 and I'm being generous.

This series will give you an understanding of AI how a works. What is machine learning what is vision etc you need to must watch this series to understand what exactly AI is especially episode number 6 and episode number 8.

This is really bad. If you want to learn something about machine learning and AI (which is often just machine learning), look somewhere else. There were just too many false claimes or misleading narratives, I had to jump through it for the interesting peaces, which basically was what venues / people they got for interviews. Guess the host also had no idea what he was getting into, or just does not understand the matter. Maybe it's just me, but I was really shocked what is told here.

Btw my first review on IMDB, and I know, not a good one! Though, someone had to say it. Revisited my ratings and luckily downrated this from 6. Possibly have to decrease the rating by 1 star each year, as it becomes more obvious how crappy this glimpse in the future is. You gotta understand the implications of this, 2040 is coming at you fast.