Dr Adam Rutherford

Historian Luke Pepera looks at how and why the history of Africa was written out of world history. He also explores how and why, as a consequence of this, the history of Africans in Britain was written out of British history.

The BBC's Horizon programme began in 1964, and since then has produced films looking at computer technology and the emergence of 'artificial intelligence'. Our dreams always begin with ideology and optimism, only for this optimism to be replaced with suspicion that AI machines will take over. However, as the Horizon archive shows, throughout each decade once we have learnt to live with the new emerging technology of the time, the pattern begins again. We become once more optimistic, before becoming fearful of it. The dream for decades had been for a computer with AI to be embedded within a humanoid robot, but just as scientists began to perfect machines with these qualities, something happened nobody expected. Today, AI systems power our daily lives through smart technology. We are currently experiencing a level of fear about the power of AI, but will we enter the next decade optimistic about all that AI can deliver - or fearful of its ability to control vast areas of our lives?

우리가 앞으로 맞이할 미래는 어떤 모습일까? 인간의 수명, 기후 변화, 유전자 연구, 인공지능과 사이보그, 하늘을 나는 자동차 등 우리가 보게 될 미래의 모습을 소개한다. 우리의 일상을 편리하게 해 줄 요소와 지구의 환경을 해치는 문제점도 살펴본다. 신뢰할 만한 연구 자료를 토대로 다양한 미래의 모습을 탐구하고 그에 따른 삶의 변화도 예측해 본다.

유능한 프로그래머 칼렙은 치열한 경쟁 끝에 인공지능 분야의 천재 개발자 네이든의 새로운 프로젝트에 참여하게 된다. 외부엔 알려지지 않은 그의 비밀 연구소로 초대받은 칼렙은 그 곳에서 네이든이 창조한 매혹적인 A.I. 에이바를 만나게 된다. 그녀의 인격과 감정이 진짜인지 아니면 프로그래밍 된 것인 지를 밝히는 테스트를 진행하지만. 점점 에이바도 그녀의 창조자 네이든도 그리고 자신의 존재조차 믿을 수 없게 되고 모든 것을 의심하게 되는데…

This topical programme taps into the nation's obsession with the weather and asks whether we are heading for another 'snowmageddon' as experienced in the previous two years. Can forecasters give us warning this time around? How does the 'olde' weather lore compare with the supercomputers? And what are we doing across Britain to prepare ourselves as we head into winter? 'Will It Snow?' predicts what another extreme cold snap would spell for Britain's economy as it puts the science of weather forecasting to the test and asks the experts what we are in store for between now and spring.