Artificial Immortality (2021)

Original title

A.rtificial I.mmortality

Directed by

Ann Shin

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines how artificial intelligence might be used to prolong life or create a form of digital immortality. It features interviews with scientists and thinkers who discuss the possibilities and ethical questions around this technology.

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What happens

Artificial Immortality, stylized as A.rtificial I.mmortality, is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Ann Shin and released in 2021. The film explores advances in artificial intelligence, focusing in particular on various efforts to use technological advances in the field to cheat death and achieve a version of immortality. People appearing in the film include Nick Bostrom, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Douglas Rushkoff, Ben Goertzel and Deepak Chopra. The film premiered on April 29, 2021, as the opening film of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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