The Singularity
01/11/2012
1h 15m

Within the coming decades we will be able to create AIs with greater than human intelligence, bio-engineer our species and re-design matter through nanotechnology. How will these technologies change what it means to be human? Director Doug Wolens speaks with leading futurists, computer scientists, artificial intelligence experts, and philosophers who turn over the question like a Rubik’s Cube. Ultimately, if we become more machine-like, and machines more like us, will we sacrifice our humanity to gain something greater? Or will we engineer our own demise? THE SINGULARITY is a comprehensive and insightful documentary film that examines technology’s accelerating rate, and deftly addresses the resulting moral questions.
Cast


Ray Kurzweil
Himself
Leon Panetta
Himself
Richard A. Clarke
Himself
Bill McKibben
Himself
David Chalmers
Himself
Wolfe Singer
Himself
Christine Peterson
Herself
Christof Koch
Himself
Alison Gopnik
Herself
Peter Norvig
Himself
Ben Goertzel
Himself
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Himself


Aubrey de Grey
Himself
Barney Pell
Himself
Ralph Merkle
Himself
Brad Templeton
Himself
Paul Saffo
Himself
Cynthia Breazeal
Herself
Marshall Brain
Himself
Jonas Lamis
Himself
David Friedman
Himself
Glenn Zorpette
Himself
Peter Voss
Himself
Chris Phoenix
Himself
Andy Clark
Himself
Matt Francis
Himself
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