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Jonathan McRae

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
450 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

You kind of have to go between the 11th of November and the 2nd of February.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

Our second story that got a lot of attention in Newsround was about toast.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

Someone says, everyone knows this.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

There's nothing new regarding toast causing cancer.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

My mum had a book back in the 80s entitled Foods That Cause Cancer.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

It's a real mum book, isn't it?

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

Why would you buy that book?

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

Foods That Cause Cancer.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

And the toast was prominent in that list.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

I stopped reading about this when I came across, or I stopped reading the book when I came across fruit being classified in that way.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

Everything is bad for you if you take enough of it to be bad for you.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

So this is actually true because there is a lethal dose for every substance that is used in food or consumption by a human being, whether it's medicine or food.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

And it's called the LD50.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

And it's determined by calculating the amount of substance required to kill 50% of a test population.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

And this could be anything.

Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Will AI replace scientists?

So this could be milk.