Sam Altman on AGI: people will freak out then move on
2024-01-18
If artificial general intelligence is achieved, it will be able to outperform humans on most intellectual tasks. The Economist asks Sam Altman, the boss of OpenAI, how worried the world should be about AGI.
Watch the full interview here: https://econ.st/3RUSgzm
Why America’s next war may begin on a small tourist island
2024-01-11
Guam, an island in the northern Pacific, is just 48km long and has a population of about 170,000. So why is it so important to America’s strategy to defend Taiwan from a potential Chinese invasion?
00:00 – Where is Guam?
00:13 – Why is it so important?
01:00 – What makes it vulnerable?
Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI
Guam, where America’s next war may begin: https://econ.st/47lP9WN
America is lavishing attention on Pacific island states: https://econ.st/47of0xd
How the Pentagon thinks about America’s strategy in the Pacific: https://econ.st/3tG49RG
Read more of our US coverage: https://econ.st/4aRvOj4
Read more of our China coverage: https://econ.st/3S9G6nC
How AI is generating a revolution in entertainment
2024-01-04
A new wave of artificial intelligence is starting to transform the way the entertainment industry operates. Who will be the winners and losers?
01:07 AI is changing the music business
04:09 How big data revolutionised entertainment industries
05:20 Can AI predict a film’s success?
09:26 How generative AI is creating new opportunities
12:36 What are the risks of generative AI?
Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/45PGz1H
The world wants to regulate AI, but does not quite know how: https://econ.st/477Qb98
Watch our previous film about how AI is transforming the creative industries: https://econ.st/45VBnJU
A battle royal is brewing over copyright and AI: https://econ.st/3QgM5EZ
How AI could change computing, culture and the course of history
Which countries get the best night’s sleep?
2023-12-21
Sleep patterns differ across the world. From early-to-bed South Africans to Russians who hit the sack around midnight, we reveal the cultural nuances that shape global sleep schedules. Watch the film to find out where your country ranks in the lie-in-dex, and why it matters.
Read more about which countries get the best night’s sleep: https://econ.st/3GTRxt8
Find out why chinstrap penguins sleep thousands of times a day: https://econ.st/48pow45
Find out why people sleep at all: https://econ.st/3RSTTyw
Subscribe to The Economist: https://econ.st/3uwzp5y
What actually happens when we sleep? https://www.economist.com/films/2023/09/08/what-happens-when-we-sleep
Why sleep and songwriting make one of the greatest partnerships: https://econ.st/3GOigaB
Who made millions from the attack on Israel?
2023-12-08
In the days before the October 7th attack short selling of Israeli stocks spiked in New York, making someone a lot of money. How likely is it that a Hamas insider was behind it?
00:00 – Pre-war stock market changes
00:33 – What happened to the stocks?
01:03 – Who was behind it?
Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI
Read our coverage on Israel and Hamas: https://econ.st/46Ka8Cy
Did Hamas make millions trading the October 7th attacks?: https://econ.st/4822Zyd
Inside Hamas’s sprawling financial empire: https://econ.st/483x94b
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