Category: Film
Response to Susan Schneider’s The Philosophy of ‘Her’
In a March 2nd, 2014 New York times article, Susan Schneider used the recent film ‘Her’ to analyze some of the philosophical challenges to the concept of mind-uploading, whereby a person’s mind is transferred from a brain to some sort of computer. She presented some common (although admittedly fascinating) hypothetical thought-experiments, drawing conclusions to match. I offer alternative explanations for these scenarios.
Spike Jonze’s Her and the Big Question
“There are only four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: only love.”
[This piece includes spoilers for the movie Her and also for Don Juan DeMarco, but that one is 20 years old, so come on: you’ve had your chance.]
Film, Future And Futurists
The first video in this series featuring World Future Society President Tim Mack talking about the film Minority Report.
Spike Jonze’s Her – Love in the time of AI
Spike Jonze‘s film Her, a love story between a human and one of the first artificial intelligences (AI), received several Golden Globe nominations and won the award for best screenplay.
Film: Jupiter Ascending Trailer
Jupiter Ascending is a new film in production by Lana and Andy Wachowski, a science fiction space opera, that seemingly also includes some transhumanist elements. The trailer looks pretty great.
“Singularity or Bust” — award-winning documentary now released online
“Singularity or Bust” has been screened in various theaters around the world, and in 2012 it won the Best Documentary award at the LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood. This week the film-maker Raj Dye finally made it available online for the world to enjoy….
Crowdfunding: Heathervescent ‘s Future of Money TV Show Will Cover Digital Currencies, Privacy Issues, More!
Help futurist and filmmaker Heathervescent (aka Heather Shlegel) create The Future of Money TV series.
Natasha Vita-More in Conversation with Tim Maupin on the “Last Generation to Die”
The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge ~ Thomas Berger