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The Living Machine
196256 min 49 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Roman Kroitor
Production: Tom DalyRoman Kroitor
In two half-hour parts, The Living Machine explores the progress made in electronics technology and looks forward to an exciting world-to-be. Produced in 1962, the first part demonstrates the capacities of a computer's "artificial intelligence," far exceeding that of any one human brain. The second part shows experiments in electronically duplicating some sensory perceptions.
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Subject categories
- Technology > Computer Technology, Internet and Electronics
- Social Issues > Technology and Society
Credits
- director
- Roman Kroitor
- producer
- Tom Daly
- Roman Kroitor
- photography
- Wolf Koenig
- sound
- Marcel Carrière
- editing
- Guy L. Coté
- sound editing
- Kathleen Shannon
- animation
- Pierre L'Amare
- narration
- Stanley Jackson
- participant
- Margaret Mead
- Warren McCulloch
Awards
- Chris Award Certificate - Category: Public Information International Film and Video Festival
- Diploma of HonourInternational Scientific Film Festival