mimight even m make you ugly cr. anand that s o okay. just feel it.. feelel all the g goodness. because this is cnn heroes. ooh. announcer: from the american museum of natural history in new york city, this is the 17th annual cnn heroes: an all-star tribute. honoring everyday people changing the world. please welcome your hosts, anderson cooper and laura coates. [ cheers and applause ] and thank you and welcome to the 17th annual cnn heroes: an all-star tribute. we are coming to you live from the milstein hall of ocean life at the american museum of natural history in new york. and we want to welcome our viewers watching around the world. and i want to say a very special welcome to cnn s laura coates. we are so glad you re here. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] wow! i m glad to be here. i had a prom under a whale once and i was alone, so i m glad i m here with you right now. wow, that s quite a story. it is. we ll talk later. all right. it s an honor t
welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. artificial intelligence, or a.i., is an incredibly powerful technology which may change many aspects of our lives. the ceo of google s parent company, alphabet, which has invested heavily in it, recently said a.i. s impact could be more profound than electricity or even fire. but many worry about what that impact might turn out to be. could a.i. one day replace humans? and if so, how might that happen? we ve already seen some service-based and manufacturing jobs turn to a.i. in a big way. but what about other industries? can a.i. replace journalists or news anchors? perhaps it already has because what you just saw and heard a moment ago was not actually me. this is me, anderson cooper. and i am an a.i.-generated anderson cooper. that wasn t my real voice, and i never spoke the words you just heard. we asked a young student in california to create a fully end to end a.i. version of me. looks like me, sounds like me, and it