One of the ideas of More Human Than Human, directed by Tommy Pallotta and Femke Wolting, is to have a computer replace a filmmaker, asking participant questions and adjusting their camera movement to match the particular scene. To reveal what happens may just spoil the movie, but we’ll leave it at that. Pallotta–a frequent collaborator of Richard Linklater (who appears on screen to show enthusiasm for the filmmaker’s collaboration with scientists at Carnegie Mellon’s Studio for Creative Inquiry)–has a goal is to put documentary subjects at ease by removing the crew, like a high-tech, AI cross between Errol Morris’ Interrotron and StoryCorps app.
This is just one passage in a brisk documentary by Pallotta (often on camera) and Wolting (nowhere to be seen) who are fascinated by the psychological effects of technology. It’s hard not to think of the sitcom Taxi when a London...
This is just one passage in a brisk documentary by Pallotta (often on camera) and Wolting (nowhere to be seen) who are fascinated by the psychological effects of technology. It’s hard not to think of the sitcom Taxi when a London...
- 3/11/2018
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Filed under: Reality-Free, TV Replay
Brian Christian, an author and expert on how computers and humans interact, was on 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart' (Weeknights, 11Pm Et on Comedy Central), where he discussed with Jon Stewart how far along computers are in mimicking human characteristics.
"Here's when I think computers will be human," Stewart proclaimed, during their discussion. "When they are walking down the street, and they trip, and they look up and go 'I meant to do that'."
"When they evolve a sense of neurosis," Stewart continued. "When they walk up to Alex Trebek and go 'I wonder if he thinks I'm an a-hole?'"
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Brian Christian, an author and expert on how computers and humans interact, was on 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart' (Weeknights, 11Pm Et on Comedy Central), where he discussed with Jon Stewart how far along computers are in mimicking human characteristics.
"Here's when I think computers will be human," Stewart proclaimed, during their discussion. "When they are walking down the street, and they trip, and they look up and go 'I meant to do that'."
"When they evolve a sense of neurosis," Stewart continued. "When they walk up to Alex Trebek and go 'I wonder if he thinks I'm an a-hole?'"
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- 3/9/2011
- by Jeremy Taylor
- Aol TV.
Today is both International Women's Day and Mardi Gras and as a woman (though not quite an International Woman yet, not sure how to go about that part) and a lapsed Catholic, that gives me two reasons to celebrate tonight. Or, wait, do you celebrate International Women's Day or do you sit around in quiet contemplation reading depressing articles like I'm pretty sure you're supposed to do on World AIDS Day? Because I feel like if you are a woman-person (as I am) or are a man who has aligned himself positively with woman-people (in that you're a believer in gender equality and not in the "so women can see how good they really have it" not actually friendly to women way, like in the "people are people and should all be treated with the same amount of respect and consideration until they prove themselves to be a utter waste...
- 3/8/2011
- by Intern Rusty
As the only literate Reject, it’s my duty to find the latest, the greatest and the untouched classics that would make great source material for film adaptations. I read so you don’t have to. As we all know, robots will eventually take over the planet and use our bodies for the precious fuel that they need to survive when they’ve run out of old people’s medication. As humans who love movies, it will be of paramount importance to document that rise so that robots will have something to watch and laugh at. It’s true. Documentaries need love, too. However, when we think of finding source material for a movie (as this column does weekly (stop laughing)), it’s natural to assume that movie is going to be fictional. After all, it’s based off something, right? Fortunately, there is still investigative journalism going on out there in the big bad world of...
- 3/5/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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