Film Screening and Discussion: Sunspring

Presenter Information

Barbara Doyle, Belmont University

Location

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

Presentation Type

Event

Start Date

19-9-2016 2:00 PM

Description

Sunspring is a short science fiction film authored by artificial intelligence: a recurrent neural network called long short-term memory, or LSTM, that named itself Benjamin. It was then was made by director Oscar Sharp and actors including Silicon Valley’s Thomas Middleditch. A screening or two of this weird film will be followed by a discussion led by Professor Doyle.

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Convocation Credit: Society and the Arts and Sciences

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Sep 19th, 2:00 PM

Film Screening and Discussion: Sunspring

Janet Ayers Academic Center, JAAC 4094

Sunspring is a short science fiction film authored by artificial intelligence: a recurrent neural network called long short-term memory, or LSTM, that named itself Benjamin. It was then was made by director Oscar Sharp and actors including Silicon Valley’s Thomas Middleditch. A screening or two of this weird film will be followed by a discussion led by Professor Doyle.