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Season 1

  • S01E01 Can AI Really Understand?

    • April 27, 2025
    • BBC News

    AI Decoded looks at the Chinese room argument, which challenges the claim AI can genuinely understand language, let alone possess true consciousness.

  • S01E02 AI and the Future of Travel

    • May 4, 2025
    • BBC News

    A new generation of AI-powered chatbots is streamlining the booking process, handling everything from flight searches and hotel reservations to payment and baggage tracking.

  • S01E03 US-China Tech War

    • May 17, 2025
    • BBC News

    The race for artificial intelligence supremacy is intensifying, with the US and China locked in a strategic battle that extends beyond technology into geopolitics, economic dominance and national security.

  • S01E04 AI Drone Warfare

    • May 24, 2025
    • BBC News

    Drones, artificial intelligence, and robots are playing an increasingly important role in warfare. These new technologies are transforming weapons systems and upending traditional military strategies on the battlefield.

  • S01E05 AI and the Future of Work

    • May 31, 2025
    • BBC News

    Upskilling the workforce to take full advantage of AI will be vital in many areas of employment. However, there remains much debate on the ways that AI could or should intersect with work.

  • S01E06 AI and the Future of Education

    • June 7, 2025
    • BBC News

    AI Decoded looks at the potential of artificial intelligence to transform the educational environment from a traditional setting into a much more innovative and interactive learning space.

  • S01E07 Is Google About to Destroy the Internet

    • June 14, 2025
    • BBC News

    Google has promised a radical, 'total reimagining of Search' that will usher in a golden age of the web. But a chorus of critics and on-the-ground victims decry catastrophic losses, accusing the tech giant of prioritizing its AI ambitions over the future of the web.

  • S01E08 AI and Superintelligence

    • July 5, 2025
    • BBC News

    Experts predict AI may reach superintelligence, though timelines vary significantly, with some estimating a 50 per cent chance by 2047 and others predicting it could happen sooner or never.

  • S01E09 Will AGI Become a Reality

    • July 5, 2025
    • BBC News

    The idea of artificial intelligence being as smart and versatile as a human being sounds like science fiction. But with the rapid pace of AI development, more and more experts are asking: how long will it take before we reach Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? The moment an AI can reason independently, invent new concepts, and adapt as flexibly as we do.

  • S01E10 Does AI Make Doctors Better?

    • September 20, 2025
    • BBC News

    AI Decoded speaks to NHS doctors who have successfully developed an artificial intelligence-led stethoscope that can detect three heart conditions in 15 seconds.

  • S01E11 UN Urgent Call on AI Safety

    • September 27, 2025
    • BBC News

    At the United Nations General Assembly, over 200 prominent politicians and scientists, including 10 Nobel Prize winners and many leading artificial intelligence researchers, released an urgent call for binding international measures against dangerous uses of AI.