Can deepfakes replace The Simpsons?

Coming up today: we explain why anecdotal benefits of microdosing might only be a placebo effect and find out how a bunch of deepfakes could one day replace the cast of The Simpsons.

The stories we talked about this week:

The benefits of microdosing might be down to the placebo effect
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/microdosing-study-placebo-results

Could The Simpsons replace its voice actors with AI deepfakes? (Publishing March 6, 2020)
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/simpsons-deepfake-voice-actors-ai

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess