Artificial Intelligence has suddenly gone from the fringes of science to being everywhere. So how did we get here? And where's this all heading? In this new series of Science Friction, we're finding out.
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REAL WILD CHILD (Part 4) — The Lost Boys
Two groups of boys on a camp in the wilds of America are pitted against each other. But the camp leaders have only one thing on their minds. Science. The mind-blowing story of a psychological experiment that crossed a line. Big time.
Published: with Natasha Mitchell
ChatGPT was tipped to cause widespread cheating. Here's what students say happened
At the start of 2023, experts warned ChatGPT would swamp schools in a wave of cheating. With the academic year wrapping up, we asked students what really happened.
Published: by James Purtill
'The most shocking thing I've ever seen': How one move in an ancient board game changed our view of AI
A board game contest between human and machine in 2016 marked the birth of modern AI. This is the moment the world changed forever.
Published: by James Purtill
'Look harder': How two little words kicked off a storm over diversity at an Australian conference
Controversy over racial representation at an international science conference planned for Cairns has put the spotlight on how Australia deals with cultural diversity in science.
Published: by Anna Salleh
When twins Elizabeth and Jen collected their baby teeth as kids, an 'eerie pattern' emerged
ABC podcast host Elizabeth Kulas and her twin Jen thought for years that they were fraternal, until their mother volunteered them for twin research where they discovered that they weren't only identical but they had even more unusual traits — they…
Published: by Elizabeth Kulas
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