Superquark

Il cervello contro la macchina: la grande sfida

In the last episode of these Superquark Specials we move from the brain to the machine, the attempts to create artificial intelligence. Machines that imitate human capabilities have already cannibalized millions of jobs, and the process is now accelerating. On one hand, the wonders of increasingly intelligent computers capable of learning and performing incredible functions: on the other, a huge segment of jobs at risk. It's no longer science fiction, what's happening? Piero Angela in the studio with the scientific director of the Genoa Institute of Technology Roberto Cingolani to understand what this match between man and machine will be like and how far computers will be able to push their capabilities. In fiction and in reports, we will see everything from Deep Blue, the first computer that defeated the world chess champion, to Watson, the computer that performs medical consultations. And from smartphones, which read, write, translate and respond in kind to the self-driving car.