Science fiction has long anticipated the rise of machine intelligence. Today, a new generation of self-learning computers is reshaping every aspect of our lives. Incomprehensible amounts of data are being collected, interpreted, and fed back to us in a tsunami of apps, smart devices, and targeted advertisements. Virtually every industry on earth is feeling this transformation, from job automation to medical diagnostics, from elections to battlefield weapons. Do You Trust This Computer? explores the promises and perils of this developing era. Will A.I. usher in an age of unprecedented potential, or prove to be our final invention?

Starring:

James Barrat, Rana El Kaliouby, David Ferrucci, Christine Fox, Sean Gourley, Hannes Grassegger, Brian Herman, Eric Horvitz, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Enrique Jacome, Jerry Kaplan, Michal Kosinski, Raymond Kurzweil, Hod Lipson, John Markoff

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Documentary