Sam Altman: there’s no “magic red button” to stop AI

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

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?

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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

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?

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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

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

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?

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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

2023-11-02

As the most complex organ in your body, your brain changes radically throughout your life. Starting from before birth and continuing even after you’ve died. This is what happens to your brain as you age.

00:00 – What happens to your brain when you age?
00:32 – In the womb
01:03 – Childhood
03:19 – Teenage years
04:48 – Early adulthood
05:27 – Middle age
07:04 – Later life
07:36 – Death

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Is there a genetic link between endometriosis and the brain?: https://econ.st/46u9Q31

Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions: https://econ.st/3RlFfQP

Artificial brains are helping scientists study the real thing: https://econ.st/3Plo6UN

A big advance in mapping the structure of the brain: https://econ.st/48sx6jJ