Transitions Film Festival 2022

A.rtificial I.mmortality

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Can AI enable us to live forever?


Filmmaker Ann Shin sets out on a journey, exploring the latest AI and biotech with scientists and visionaries who foresee a ‘post-biological’ world where humans and AI merge. Will AI be the best, or the last thing we ever do?


If you were able to create an immortal version of yourself, would you? Until this decade, that question was the stuff of science fiction, but now experts in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics suggest it will indeed be possible.


This cinematic documentary explores the latest technological advancements in AI, robotics and biotech, and poses the question: what is the essence of the human mind, and can this be replicated?


Or even more unsettling, could we one day meet cloned versions of ourselves – clones which are better, smarter, and immortal?


This film explores these questions with visionaries including: Nick Bostrom, author of Superintelligence, Hiroshi Ishiguro, developer of his own uncannily realistic clone Geminoid; Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human; Ben Goertzel, founder of Singularity.net who coined the term Artificial General Intelligence; and Deepak Chopra, who is creating his own A.I. mind twin.


These visionaries see humanity advancing toward a new age of post-biological life, a world of intelligence without bodies, immortal identity without the limitations of disease, death, and unfulfilled desire. As scientists on the forefront of technology show that a world where humans and machines merge isn’t so far away, we have to ask ourselves will AI be the best, or the last thing we ever do?

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    75 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    Australian
  • Rating
    This film has been exempt from classification and has no age restrictions
  • Note
    AWARDS: Opening Night Film- Hot Docs 2021, Best Director - CineFam 2021
  • Director
    Ann Shin