Series synopsis
Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future is a British documentary television series that premiered on Channel 4 on April 15, 2026. It stars Grayson Perry.
Artist Sir Grayson Perry visits Silicon Valley to explore how AI and robotics will shape the future, in a series that raises profound questions about what it is to be human.
Premise
Artist Sir Grayson Perry visits Silicon Valley to explore how AI and robotics will shape the future, in a series that raises profound questions about what it is to be human.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Grayson Perry as Self - Presenter
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 2 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 2 | April 15, 2026 | April 22, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 His journey begins in the Bay Area where he is assisted by an increasingly chummy chatbot. He meets everyone from leading players in the industry to idealistic young start-up founders, as well as ordinary people who are adopting the latest innovations and alarmed critics of the direction AI is taking the world. |
April 15, 2026 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Grayson concludes his tour of Silicon Valley by considering the motivations of the men behind the technology, such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos - and how their values might be challenged. He meets a scientist working on empathetic robots which offer a more human-centric alternative to the priorities of the industry and encounters one of the key players in AI, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, grappling with the possibility that AI could be shaped in such a way to offer a more optimistic future. |
April 22, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Channel 4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 15, 2026 |
| Last aired | April 15, 2026 |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 21:00:00 |