Ray Kurzweil - The Age of Intelligent Machines

Filmed in 1987 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press series The Age of Intelligent Machines was produced for the science museum exhibition “Robots and Beyond: The Age of Intelligent Machines.” This film was produced for a mainstream audience, and focuses on developments in artificial intelligence. Soundtrack features music by award winning recording artist Stevie Wonder. Film series features two parts: “Machines that Think” and “Intelligence, It’s Amazing!” A survey of artificial intelligence showing AI at work and under development. The paradoxes, promise and challenges of advanced computer science, with authorities Marvin Minsky, Roger Schank, Raj Reddy and other leaders in the field. Machines that talk and listens. Machines that move like humans. Machines that learn. Products of advanced computer science, they challenge the world as never before. Called artificial intelligence, this science offers new hope and unprecedented power. How will the next industrial revolution affect our lives? How will the world adapt? With computer science experts from major research centers and corporations.