Part of the Nashville Belcourt Theater’s “Science on Screen” series.<\/p>\n
From the Belcourt website<\/a>:<\/p>\n “Science On Screen | Fri, Mar 4 at 8:00pm: Post-screening discussion on The Inner Lives of AI (and Us) with Maithilee Kunda, assistant professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University and director of Vanderbilt\u2019s Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence and Visual Analogical Systems<\/p>\n When Yang \u2014 a lifelike, artificially intelligent android that Jake and Kyra buy as a companion for their adopted daughter \u2014 abruptly stops functioning, Jake just wants him repaired quickly and cheaply. But having purchased Yang \u201ccertified refurbished\u201d from a now-defunct store, Jake\u2019s led first to a conspiracy theorist technician and then a technology museum curator, who discovers that Yang was actually recording memories. Jake\u2019s quest eventually becomes one of existential introspection and a contemplation of his own life, as it passes him by.<\/p>\n An aesthete at heart, Kogonada only vaguely hints at the futuristic science fiction setting (and accompanying climate catastrophe) \u2014 instead crafting a serene, meditative, compassionate story that inverts the trusted theme of robots exploring what it means to be human, by showing a human trying to understand this artificial being who was part of his family. Punctuated with humor and joyousness, AFTER YANG\u2019s quiet power lies in its timely contemplation of how we create meaning and experience loss.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Part of the Nashville Belcourt Theater’s “Science on Screen” series. From the Belcourt website: “Science On Screen | Fri, Mar 4 at 8:00pm: Post-screening discussion on The Inner Lives of AI (and Us) with Maithilee Kunda, assistant professor of computer … Continue reading