stephen hawking (17 videos) • 17 videos
Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking were revolutionary thinkers who changed everything we know about our universe, and using the latest discoveries, experts explore the connections between these two great minds.
2019 • Physics
Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at how we have created machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind - and why we shouldn't let this spook us. He reveals the story of the pursuit of AI, the emergence of machine learning and the recent breakthroughs brought about by artificial neural networks. He shows how AI is not only changing our world but also challenging our very ideas of intelligence and consciousness. Along the way, we'll investigate spam filters, meet a cutting-edge chatbot, look at why a few altered pixels makes a computer think it's looking at a trombone rather than a dog and talk to Demis Hassabis, who heads DeepMind and whose stated mission is to 'solve intelligence, and then use that to solve everything else'. Stephen Hawking remarked 'AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilisation. Or the worst'. Jim argues that AI is a potent new tool that should enhance our lives, not replace us.
2018 • Technology
Commander Stephen Hawking and his space ship the SS Hawking encounter an alien A.I., then race to the edge of the universe, and plunge into an alternate Earth. It's an epic quest to discover the secret of the universe: The Theory of Everything.
2018 • Astronomy
Commander Stephen Hawking takes another journey in his space ship, the SS Hawking, this time to Venus, the Sun and out to the Eagle Nebula...but things don't always go according to the flight plan...
2018 • Astronomy
Planet Earth has been home to humankind for over 200,000 years, but with a population of 7.3 billion and counting and limited resources, this planet might not support us forever. Professor Stephen Hawking thinks the human species will have to populate a new planet within 100 years if it is to survive. With climate change, pollution, deforestation, pandemics and population growth, our own planet is becoming increasingly precarious.
2017 • Astronomy
Commander Stephen Hawking pilots his space ship the SS Hawking on the journey of a lifetime, zooming from black holes to the Big Bang, Saturn to Santa Barbara. After all, why should astronauts have all the fun?
2016 • Astronomy
Artist and writer Matt Collings takes the plunge into an alien world of equations. He asks top scientists to help him understand five of the most famous equations in science, talks to Stephen Hawking about his equation for black holes and comes face to face with a particle of anti-matter. Along the way he discovers why Newton was right about those falling apples and how to make sense of E=mc2. As he gets to grips with these equations he wonders whether the concept of artistic beauty has any relevance to the world of physics.
2010 • Physics
In this episode, the volunteers attempt to discover where we really are in the universe.
Genius by Stephen Hawking • 2016 • Science
In this episode the volunteers are led to a realization about the nature of life itself.
Genius by Stephen Hawking • 2016 • Science
In this mind-bending episode can the participants work out where the universe comes from?
Genius by Stephen Hawking • 2016 • Science
Can the participants work out why they exist at all? Is it destiny or pure chance?
Genius by Stephen Hawking • 2016 • Science
In this episode the task is to work out the likelihood of alien life in the universe.
Genius by Stephen Hawking • 2016 • Science
Three individuals face a series of challenges to find out if it's possible to time travel.
Genius by Stephen Hawking • 2016 • Science
The big bang still remains the greatest mystery of all time.
How the Universe Works • 2010 • Astronomy
In two mind-blowing hours, Hawking reveals the wonders of the cosmos to a new generation.
Stephen Hawking's Universe • 1997 • Physics
The promise of time travel has long been one of the world's favorite scientific "what-ifs?" Hawking explores all the possibilities, warping the very fabric of time and space as he goes.
Stephen Hawking's Universe • 1997 • Science
Hawking joins science and imagination to explore one of the most important mysteries facing humankind - the possibility of alien, intelligent life and the likelihood of future "contact."
Stephen Hawking's Universe • 1997 • Science