
Film Screening and Discussion: Sunspring
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.
Recommended Citation
Doyle, Barbara, "Film Screening and Discussion: Sunspring" (2016). Humanities Symposium. 27.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2016/2016/27
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.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Society and the Arts and Sciences