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SCI-FI[LM]: Ex Machina

17 August 2018 @ 6:30 pm9:00 pm

Free

Artificial intelligence isn’t a thing of the future anymore – self-taught A.I. is already smarter than humans at gaming, life-like interactive sex robots are in high demand, and Google Assistant can switch the lights in your home on and off at your request. Does A.I. make our lives more perfect?

Join us for a brief chat with PhD candidate and physiotherapist Jessica Williams followed by a screening of Ex Machina.

Ex Machina synopsis

Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company’s brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac).

Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test –  charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan’s latest experiment in artificial intelligence.

That experiment is Ava (Alicia Vikander), a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated — and more deceptive — than the two men could have imagined.

Details

Date:
17 August 2018
Time:
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
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Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sci-film-ex-machina-tickets-48055284650

Venue

Federation Hall, Theatre 205
7-17 Grant Street #5
Southbank, VIC 3006 Australia

Organiser

Ellie Michaelides
Phone
03 8344 6106
Email
ellie.michaelides@unimelb.edu.au
View Organiser Website

Other

Suitable for:
Secondary students, Adults
Topic:
Human body and movement, Innovation and technology
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