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Endless Thread visited Google's AI offices, where researchers are using an advanced language model to help this robot understand humans. (Courtesy of Google and Everyday Robots)

'Good Bot, Bad Bot': Episode VI

In the final episode of Endless Thread's series "Good Bot, Bad Bot," Ben Brock Johnson and Dean Russell visit Google to see how close the field is to creating bots...

'Good Bot, Bad Bot': Episode V

In the fifth episode of Endless Thread's series "Good Bot, Bad Bot," Ben Brock Johnson and Nora Saks dive into the ways AI is changing modern love and online dating.

'Good Bot, Bad Bot': Episode IV

In the fourth episode of Endless Thread's series "Good Bot, Bad Bot," Ben Brock Johnson and Quincy Walters share a cautionary tale about Tay, a Microsoft AI chatbot that has...

'Good Bot, Bad Bot': Episode III

In the third episode of Endless Thread's series "Good Bot, Bad Bot," co-hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson explore a growing field of AI: immortalizing the dead.

'Good Bot, Bad Bot': Episode II

In the second episode of Endless Thread's series "Good Bot, Bad Bot," co-hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson consider the possibilities of bots being used in governments.

'Good Bot, Bad Bot': Episode I

In the first episode of Endless Thread's series "Good Bot, Bad Bot," co-hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson delve into the history of ELIZA, the world's first chatbot therapist.

Short Run: 'Essential trust: Episode V'

Trust — in our institutions, our leaders, in each other — can erode away. But trust can also be rebuilt, even after devastating events. How can humans rebuild trust?

Short Run: 'Essential trust: Episode IV'

Trust is essential for survival, for relationships, for a civilized society. But trust needs an unexpected ally: skepticism. But what happens when your skepticism turns into cynicism, or outright disbelief?...

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Demonstrators hold banners reading "Institutional crisis in Brazil" and "Dilma knew" as they take part in a protest demanding the impeachment of Brazilian re-elected President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 15, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Miguel SCHINCARIOL (Photo credit should read Miguel Schincariol/AFP via Getty Images)

Short Run: 'Essential trust: Episode III'

Brazilians don't trust each other. Some studies find that more than 60% of Brazilians don't trust the people in their own communities. In the third episode of On Point's series...

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48:04Dec 14, 2022

A picture of a human brain taken by a positron emission tomography scanner, also called PET scan, is seen on a screen. (Fred Tanneau/AFP via Getty Images)

Short Run: 'Essential trust: Episode II'

What happens in our brains when we trust someone? In the second episode of On Point's series Essential trust, neuroscientists explain how our brains process trust, and why it's worth...

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47:53Dec 14, 2022

Chimpanzees Bahati and her baby Baroza at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. (© The Jane Goodall Institute/Anna Mosser)

Short Run: 'Essential trust: Episode I'

In the first episode of On Point's series Essential trust, hear all about how the ability to trust strangers may be one of the things that makes us uniquely human.

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47:53Dec 14, 2022

Short Run: 'Smarter health: Episode IV'

The final episode of On Point's series Smarter health gets up close with the people working and developing AI technology, and the patients receiving AI care. How can this technology...

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48:07Jun 30, 2022

Short Run: 'Smarter health: Episode III'

Health care is heavily regulated. But can the FDA effectively regulate AI in health care? It's episode three of On Point's series “Smarter health."

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48:07Jun 29, 2022

Short Run: 'Smarter health: Episode II'

AI, ethics, your care. It's episode II of On Point's special series “Smarter health."

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48:07Jun 28, 2022

Short Run: 'Smarter health: Episode I'

In the first episode of On Point's series Smarter health, hear all about the potential of AI in health care — from predicting patient risk, to diagnostics, to just helping...

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48:07Jun 27, 2022

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