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What they are ultimately trying to create is going to replace humans.
What it's doing is boiling the inside of your brain.
This could be a turning point in the history of social media.
Welcome to The Interface, the show that explores how tech is rewiring your week and your world.
Coming up next in our latest episode,
we look at the secret meetings at the world's biggest AI summit,
the truth about the mystery of a brain-melting weapon,
and the lawsuit that could shift the future of social media.
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Hello, my name's Tim.
Have you ever heard about someone making a deal with the devil?
These kinds of stories don't have happy endings and this is no exception.
It's about a handsome young man who swaps his soul for everlasting youth and eventually pays the price.
Picture this.
In a large Victorian house, a painter Basil Hallward,
entertains his aristocratic patron, Lord Henry Wharton.
Lord Henry is notorious throughout London for his immoral lifestyle,
his love of youth and beauty, and his selfish pursuit of pleasure.
Henry notices Basil's painting of an extremely beautiful young man,