Hunt for A.I., The

Synopsis
Professor Marcus Du Sautoy investigates Artificial Intelligence and asks what it would mean if one day machines could think like people. He begins by asking what thinking is and whether it is this that makes us ‘intelligent’. During his investigations he meets a variety of computers, all posessing some form of intelligence but Du Sautoy concluded by suggestung that computers are already very smart - just in a different way to humans.
Series
Horizon
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
2012
Subjects
Information technology
Keywords
artificial intelligence; robots

Credits

Director
Helen Sage
Producer
Helen Sage
Contributor
Marcus du Sautoy

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£195.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
50 minutes
Year
2013

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact
Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email
BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web
https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address
BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes
The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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