Machine of Human Dreams (2016)
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The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows AI researcher Dr. Ben Goertzel over many years as he works to build a thinking machine. It shows his hopeful vision, technical challenges, and the personal motivation behind scientific ambition.
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What happens
Machine of Human Dreams is a 2016 documentary film written and directed by Roy Cohen. The film focuses on artificial intelligence researcher Dr. Ben Goertzel, known for his work on OpenCog, an open-source artificial general intelligence (AGI) platform. The film offers a portrait of Goertzel's decades-long quest to create a thinking machine, and captures his idealism, technological struggles and the human drive fueling scientific ambition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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