The show covers the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in various fields, like health, robotics, space-travel, food, disaster-prevention, and others.

Part 1: Tim Shaw was a prominent football player who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

The AI scans close pictures of at-risk people’s eyes and can detect certain features that could lead to blindness.

Part 1: Jim Ewing is a rock climber who had chronic pain in his leg after a rock-climbing accident.

Ewing decided to have his leg with chronic pain willingly amputated to try Herr’s new technology.

Part 3: Quake Technologies created an AI-powered tool, called C-THRU, which allows firefighters to “see” while in buildings with too much fire and smoke.

Realbotix teams up with an AI specialist to create technology that will allow the dolls to talk to the humans they are with.

The goal of the challenge is to create a machine powered by AI that could build a habitat on Mars without the help of humans.

Part 2: The Port of Long Beach in California is the first fully automated container terminal in the United States.

Part 1: The Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya has a serious problem with poachers killing elephants for their tusks.

Part 1: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute's goal is to find alien life.

The SETI Institute uses the Allen Telescope Array to collect radio waves from space, which an AI then goes through to search for anomalies.

[4] Upon announcement of the series, multiple commentators noted the parallels between Robert Downey Jr.'s role in The Age of A.I., and his portrayal of Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise.

[6] Common Sense Media gave the show four out of five stars, and said it was appropriate for those eleven years and older.