El algodón y la sangre

Are we prepared for dealing with the prospect that humanity is not the end of evolution? Technocalyps is an intriguing three-part documentary on the notion of transhumanism by Belgian visual artist and filmmaker Frank Theys. The latest findings in genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, bionics and nanotechnology appear in the med...

Runtime

2h 36m

Director

Frank Theys

Cast

Terence McKenna

What does a rural town in South Carolina have to do with China? Americans consume nearly twenty billion new items of clothing each year, and at least one billion of them are made in China. Cotton Road uncovers the transnational movement of cotton and tells the stories of workers lives in a conventional cotton supply chain. From rural f...

Runtime

1h 12m

Director

Laura Kissel

The ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. Yet in 2016, Google's DeepMind team announced that they would be taking on Lee Sedol, the world's most elite Go champion. AlphaGo chronicles the team as it prepares to test the limits of its rapidly-evolving AI technology. The film pi...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Greg Kohs

Cast

Lee Se-dol, Demis Hassabis, David Silver

Science fiction has long anticipated the rise of machine intelligence, and today a new generation of self-learning computers has begun to reshape every aspect of our lives. Will A.I. usher in an age of unprecedented potential, or prove to be our final invention?

Runtime

1h 18m

Director

Chris Paine

Cast

Elon Musk, Raymond Kurzweil, Jonathan Nolan

This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Jeff Orlowski

Cast

Tristan Harris, Jeff Seibert, Bailey Richardson