Learning on ScreenTranscendent Man
- Synopsis
- Technology will accelerate exponentially. Within 25 years, computers will have consciousness. Humans will soon be bionic. These predictions make bestselling author Ray Kurzweil a prophetic genius to some and a "highly sophisticated crackpot" to others. TRANSCENDENT MAN gets inside the mind of the award-winning scientist and A.I. specialist through extensive interviews with Kurzweil himself and revealing conversations with friends and colleagues. The film outlines Kurzweil’s theory of singularitythe point when change occurs so rapidly that humans will need to merge with technology to keep upwhile also chronicling Kurzweil’s history, his myriad accomplishments (including 24 U.S. patents), and his unique vision of the future.
DVD extras: Extended Interviews; Deleted Scenes; Tribeca Film Festival Q&A with director Barry Ptolemy and Ray Kurzweil - Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 2011
- Year of production
- 2010
- Subjects
- Technology
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence; computer applications; technological innovation; Kurzweil, Raymond
Online availability
- URI
- http://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/transcendent-man/id418520110?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
- Price
- $14.99
- Delivery
- Download
Credits
- Director
- Barry Ptolemy
- Contributor
- Raymond Kurzweil
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 1 NTSC
- Price
- $29.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 83 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Distributor
- Name
Docurama Films
- info@newvideo.com
- Web
- http://www.docurama.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 212 206 8600
- Fax
- +1 212 206 9001
- Address
- New Video Group
902 Broadway FL 9
New York
NY 10010
USA - Notes
- Docurama Films, part of the US New Video group, is dedicated to making critically acclaimed and cutting-edge documentaries available digitally and on home video. Launched in 1999 with the DVD release of D.A. Pennebaker’s BOB DYLAN: DON’T LOOK BACK, Docurama continues its mission to unearth and release the great classic documentaries of the last fifty years while spreading the word about filmmakers who are taking the form to new heights. The Docurama catalog features a wide span of titles from varying genres including the arts, history/politics, environmental, ethnic interest, LGBT, music, and socio-cultural issues. Sale on DVD or download via ITunes.
- Name
iTunes
- Web
- http://www.OfficiaIiTunes.com External site opens in new window
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