Secrets of Big Data
1 Season • 2022 PG
These are the stories of the future big data is bringing to our doorsteps. The real impact of predictions and surveillance. The power of artificial intelligence and autonomous machines. For better or worse, these are the Secrets of Big Data.
S1.E1 - Beat Down by Data
Next Showing on Quest:
Aug 8 @ 10:50AM
A British warship has its location mysteriously faked when its automated tracking data is compromised; a teen is arrested and beaten by police after parking his car in an area determined to be a hot spot for crime by a computer algorithm.
S1.E2 - Rise of the Autonomous Machines
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Aug 15 @ 10:50AM
A nuclear scientist is assassinated in an attack that may involve remote-controlled weaponry; a driverless car fails to recognize a pedestrian; a portrait created by an algorithm goes up for sale, stoking controversy in the art world.
S1.E3 - Augmented Eternity
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Aug 22 @ 11:45AM
Police use facial recognition technology to arrest a suspected thief; a Canadian writer creates an AI chat-bot to reconnect with a lost loved one; a London-based stock trader uses algorithms to beat the market at its own game.
S1.E4 - Bit Con
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Aug 29 @ 11:00AM
The owner of Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange dies under strange circumstances; a woman suffering from painful medical issues is denied access to prescription medication because an algorithm flags her as high risk to abuse drugs.
S1.E5 - The SolarWinds Hack
Next Showing on Quest:
Sep 5 @ 11:00AM
The U.S. government suffers the largest and most intrusive cyberattack in its history; an NYC job-seeker engages in a series of interviews where an algorithm analyses his every word and gesture to determine his suitability for employment.
S1.E6 - Future Games
Next Showing on Quest:
Sep 12 @ 11:20AM
A Spanish badminton player uses technology in an effort to accomplish something that nobody in the sport has ever done before; an American man is wrongfully convicted of a crime based on an inaccurate lie detector test.