Oprah Winfrey will host an eye-opening new special that explores the profound impact of artificial intelligence on people’s daily lives, demystifying the technology and empowering viewers to understand and navigate the rapidly evolving AI future.
The one-hour primetime event, AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special, airs Thursday, September 12 (8:00-9:03 p.m. EDT) on ABC. It will stream the next day on Hulu.
The special features Winfrey’s exclusive interviews with some of the most important and powerful people in the field, including the following:
Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI, will explain how AI works in layman’s terms and discuss the immense personal responsibility that must be borne by the executives of companies.
Microsoft Co-Founder and Chair of the Gates Foundation Bill Gates will lay out the AI revolution coming in science, health, and education and warns of the once-in-a-century type of impact AI may have on the job market.
YouTube creator and technologist Marques Brownlee will walk Oprah Winfrey through mind-blowing demonstrations of AI’s capabilities.
Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, co-founders of the Center for Humane Technology, walk Winfrey through the emerging risks posed by powerful and superintelligent AI — sounding the alarm about the need to confront those risks now.
FBI Director Christopher Wray reveals the terrifying ways criminals and foreign adversaries use artificial intelligence.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson reflects on AI’s threat to human values and how humans might resist the convenience of artificial intelligence.
AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special provides a serious, entertaining, and meaningful base for every viewer to understand artificial intelligence and empowers everyone to be a part of one of the most important global conversations of the 21st century.
Harpo Productions produced the special. It is executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and Backstory Partners’ Josh Tyrangiel.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.