The Singularity

The Singularity

75 mins | Documentary | Nov. 1, 2012

Within the coming decades we will be able to create AIs with greater than human intelligence, bio-engineer our species and re-design matter through nanotechnology. How will these technologies change what it means to be human? Director Doug Wolens speaks with leading futurists, computer scientists, artificial intelligence experts, and philosophers who turn over the question like a Rubik’s Cube. Ultimately, if we become more machine-like, and machines more like us, will we sacrifice our humanity to gain something greater? Or will we engineer our own demise? THE SINGULARITY is a comprehensive and insightful documentary film that examines technology’s accelerating rate, and deftly addresses the resulting moral questions.

The Singularity

75 mins | Documentary | Nov. 1, 2012

The Singularity
Within the coming decades we will be able to create AIs with greater than human intelligence, bio-engineer our species and re-design matter through nanotechnology. How will these technologies change what it means to be human? Director Doug Wolens speaks with leading futurists, computer scientists, artificial intelligence experts, and philosophers who turn over the question like a Rubik’s Cube. Ultimately, if we become more machine-like, and machines more like us, will we sacrifice our humanity to gain something greater? Or will we engineer our own demise? THE SINGULARITY is a comprehensive and insightful documentary film that examines technology’s accelerating rate, and deftly addresses the resulting moral questions.
Producers
Original title The Singularity
Directors Doug Wolens
Writers

Cast

Ray Kurzweil

as Himself

Leon Panetta

as Himself

Richard A. Clarke

as Himself

Bill McKibben

as Himself

David Chalmers

as Himself

Wolfe Singer

as Himself

Christine Peterson

as Herself

Christof Koch

as Himself

Alison Gopnik

as Herself

Peter Norvig

as Himself

Ben Goertzel

as Himself

Eliezer Yudkowsky

as Himself

Aubrey de Grey

as Himself

Barney Pell

as Himself

Ralph Merkle

as Himself

Brad Templeton

as Himself

Paul Saffo

as Himself

Cynthia Breazeal

as Herself

Marshall Brain

as Himself

Jonas Lamis

as Himself

David Friedman

as Himself

Glenn Zorpette

as Himself

Peter Voss

as Himself

Chris Phoenix

as Himself

Andy Clark

as Himself

Matt Francis

as Himself