13 Artificial Ways To Upgrade Your Intelligence

Kam Raslan | Umapagan Ampikaipakan | Matt Armitage

13-May-17 17:00

13 Artificial Ways To Upgrade Your Intelligence

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Will robots someday become sentient and decide to wipe out the human race? A little far-fetched, yes, but that’s just one of the topics that Kam discusses. Uma talks about the controversial Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why and whether sensitive content like suicide is suitable to be shown so graphically. Matt then brings up the fact that we are constantly upgrading our technology, and mulls over the impermanence of our modern history.

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Tags: A Bit Of Culture, Kam Raslan, Umapagan Ampikaipakan, Matt Armitage, artificial intelligence, AI, robots, jobs, technology, 13 Reasons Why

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