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20. How Sci-Fi Became Reality: The History of AI

62 min • 20 juli 2025

How role did WWII enigma hero Alan Turing play in the early development of AI? Why are games so important to the history of AI? Did 2001: A Space Odyssey influence the design of the iPad?

Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga are joined by Steven Johnson, author and co-founder of Notebook LM, to discuss all this and more.

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Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell

Producer: Callum Hill

Senior Producer: Dom Johnson

Exec Producer: Tony Pastor

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20. How Sci-Fi Became Reality: The History of AI

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20. How Sci-Fi Became Reality: The History of AI

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18. England’s Hurricane: 10,000 Dead (Ep 1)

17. Britain vs America: The Deadly Culture War (Ep 2)

16. Carnage in New York: Killing Over Shakespeare (Ep 1)

15. Showdown at Sea: Pirates vs Bounty Hunters (Ep 2)

14. The Real Pirates of the Caribbean: Sex, Scandal, and the Golden Age of Piracy (Ep 1)

13. The Woman Behind the Welfare State

12. Murder Trial of the Century: Execution, Dissection and Revenge (Ep 2)

11. Scotland’s Most Notorious Serial Killers (Ep 1)

10. 1983: The World On The Brink (Ep 2)

9. Able Archer: The Closest We Ever Came To Nuclear War (Ep 1)

8. The Myth of Tokyo Rose: Truman and the FBI Witch Hunt (Ep 2)

7. The Myth of Tokyo Rose: The Woman Accused of Betraying America (Ep 1)

6. Darwin, Dickens, and a Giant Diamond: Inside The Great Exhibition (Ep 2)

5. The Great Exhibition: Prince Albert, Revolutionaries, and the Duke of Wellington (Ep 1)

4. The First Woman to Run for President: Sex, Scandal, and Suffragists (Ep 2)

3. The First Woman to Run for President: Rags to Riches (Ep 1)

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