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Shirtloads of Science

Release Date: 03/24/2024

Dr Matt Agnew's guide to AI 404 show art Dr Matt Agnew's guide to AI 404

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Phones made today are super smart. Fast and versatile they can be so powerful to be spooky. Dr Matt joins Dr Karl to peel back the AI layers for a set of rules for the future.

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Dr Matt Agnew's extraordinary life so far 403 show art Dr Matt Agnew's extraordinary life so far 403

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Mining Engineer, Reality TV star, Astrophysicist, Author - What's left  for Dr Matt?

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Observable and Infinite with Prof Lewis (402) show art Observable and Infinite with Prof Lewis (402)

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If we need to fully understand space we need more time - lots of it. Beyond the Hubble sphere things gets lumpy.

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Deceit starts with D with Prof Mann (401) show art Deceit starts with D with Prof Mann (401)

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Dr Karl asks a fellow physicist for the telltale signs when powerful people spread untruths. They are easy to spot and nasty.

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Hot Data with Prof Mann (400) show art Hot Data with Prof Mann (400)

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The graph points skywards. A thousand of years of data says "stop burning carbon". Prof Mann tells Dr Karl of how the USA responded to his articles in the early 1990s.

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Is AI telling lies with Dr Jessica Bloom (399) show art Is AI telling lies with Dr Jessica Bloom (399)

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Dr Karl interviews Dr Bloom in NYC on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. If AI delivers misinformation, how could we tell?  

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The G's of AI with Dr Jessica Bloom (398) show art The G's of AI with Dr Jessica Bloom (398)

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At the moment there are two G's in AI. Dr Karl gets the 360 tour of both with Dr Jessica Bloom in New York City.

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Women who Measured the Stars with  Dava Sobel (170) Rpt show art Women who Measured the Stars with Dava Sobel (170) Rpt

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Edwin Hubble is world famous for his discoveries. Henrietta Swan Leavitt is not. Henrietta was on a team that found a way to measure and classify the universe. They were employed as "human computers" (before the machines existed). Dava's book "The Glass Universe" refers to the half million glass slides Henrietta and other women used to document both the northern and southern skies. An inspiring story of collaboration and discovery.

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The Matter of Everything with Dr Suzie Sheehy (288) show art The Matter of Everything with Dr Suzie Sheehy (288)

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Observe, Ask, Explain, Predict , Test. These are the steps scientists use to improve our knowledge. Dr. Suzie Sheehy is a particle physicist. She talks with Dr Karl about twelve significant experiments that changed the modern world.    

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Converging with A-Prof Ball RPT (312) show art Converging with A-Prof Ball RPT (312)

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 Data is omnipresent and society is very connected Thirty years ago futurists said tech "convergence" would deliver us seamless digital lives So are we there yet?. Dr Karl gets a fact check from "Converge" author Associate Professor Catherine Ball.

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