IHuman (2019)

Original title

iHuman

Directed by

Tonje Hessen Schei

Genre

documentary film

Country

Norway

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

0

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines how artificial intelligence is being developed and used by corporations and governments. It raises questions about surveillance and whether algorithms already control our lives. Experts and insiders discuss the implications for society and the future.

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What happens

iHuman is a 2019 documentary about artificial intelligence, social control and power. The film shows how this technology is changing our lives, our society and our future. Such experts as Ilya Sutskever and Jürgen Schmidhuber give interviews about AI and how it is developed and implemented. It also features people working in the field like Max Tegmark, Kara Swisher, Michal Kosinski, Stuart Russell, Ben Wizner, Hao Li, Ben Goertzel and Philip Alston. The documentary features its own character representing AI that develops through the film. This character has an abstract VFX form done by Theodor Groeneboom. The constant surveillance through phones, internet, systems in society and through surveillance cameras is discussed as a topic crucial for development of AI. The question is posed, if we already are governed by algorithms that are created by big tech corporations, governments and the military industry. It mentions Palantir Technologies and Cambridge Analytica. The film premiered at the 2019 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam on 23 November. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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