In the 60m and as the bbc s athletics commentator steve cram told me earlier, its just great to be able to see top quality athletics and its on the bbc like everything in life of the many, people are really challenged to make things happen, for all of us to enjoy, and i think they have done an incrediblejob, and i wont even bore you with some of the things that have to do. So the athletes want to do things differentlyjust to be there. It will be a different experience for deena. Shes been out there for a few days because of the protocols. She normally wouldnt do that but she wants to compete and we want to watch her. Im so pleased i have something to commentate on. We havent seen you for such a long time. She has been mothballed since this all started. What do you expect to see . It this all started. What do you expect to see . ,. , ,. This all started. What do you expect tosee . ,. , to see . It is an olympic year. She hasnt raced to see . It is an olympic year. She hasnt raced really
Revolution is changing that. You have warned me not to get too close. It does look a little bit hazardous. This robot dog hasnt been programmed to walk. Its learning by itself. Its called reinforcement learning. What weve done here is, weve given it this task to try to kind of stand up and move forward. When it does well, one of the Computer Scientists gives it the digital equivalent of a pat on the head. I can see its doing better and better. Its strong. I try and put that in its way, and its stronger than i am. Yeah. Have you trained it to make a beeline for me . Uhhuh. I feel like im battling the ai here, and the als winning. In just a few hours, its moving around by itself, even coping with the unexpected. Im really feeling an instinct to help it, but that is, of course, not good. You know, its learning, and maybe it looks a bit mean sometimes when we push it around, but, really, werejust trying to see what it can handle and help it learn new behaviours. This robot dog is the brain
This week, im in turkey, where theyre gearing up for the countrys 100th Anniversary. Rising from the remains of the Ottoman Empire a century ago, turkey inherited a disparate group of cultures and began a process of rapid modernisation under its founder, ataturk. Im travelling the country to understand how all of these diverse cultures were brought together. From the Burial Grounds of the god kings of ancient anatolia. To the turquoise coast, where Queen Cleopatra is claimed to have once bathed. To an original ottoman coffee house in gaziantep, and the hotel frequented by the founder of the republic here in istanbul. Welcome to turkey. Ship horn blares. Now this has to be the best possible way to arrive in istanbul down the mighty bosphorus. Its this body of water that separates the city but also separates continents. And look at that, that silhouette with the domes, the minaretsjust popping up above the horizon. That is dolmabahce palace. Thats where the founder of the republic, Musta
Now this has to be the best possible way to arrive in istanbul down the mighty bosphorus. Its this body of water that separates the city but also separates continents. And look at that, that silhouette with the domes, the minarets just popping up above the horizon. That is dolmabahce palace. Thats where the founder of the republic, Mustafa Kemal ataturk, set about the business of transforming turkey. And from the past to the present, this is taksim district, the heart of modern istanbul. Getting an ice cream in turkey seems like a bit of an extreme sport. I mean, its very. Its for you. She laughs one vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, i pistachio. Tram bell dings these european style heritage trams have their roots back in 1871, when they were horse powered and later became electric. I love a tram. Thats notjust because im from melbourne. Something quite nice about the pace of it and also, going right through the middle of the city. Everyones scarpering out of the way. Its a really nice w
Turkey inherited a disparate group of cultures and began a process of rapid modernisation under its founder, ataturk. Im travelling the country to understand how all of these diverse cultures were brought together. From the Burial Grounds of the god kings of ancient anatolia. To the turquoise coast, where Queen Cleopatra is claimed to have once bathed. To an original ottoman coffee house in gaziantep. And the hotel frequented by the founder of the republic here in istanbul. Welcome to turkey. Now, this has to be the best possible way to arrive in istanbul down the mighty bosphorus. Its this body of water that separates the city, but also separates continents. And look at that, that silhouette with the domes, the minaretsjust popping up above the horizon. That is dolmabahce palace. Thats where the founder of the republic, Mustafa Kemal ataturk, set about the business of transforming turkey. And from the past to the present, this is taksim district, the heart of modern istanbul. Getting