WIDER THEAN THE SKY by Valerio Jalongo
Documentary, 83 minutes
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Artists, dancers and scientists explore the paths taken by artificial intelligence. Can an AI have empathy, imagination and feelings? A film that raises fundamental questions about what makes us human at a time when machines are learning to imitate us.
November 19, discussion with:
Óscar Vilarroya (UAB), neuroscientist and PhD in Cognitive Sciences. He directs the research group of the Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit (URNC) of the UAB, as well as the Neuroimaging Research Group in Mental Disorders (GREEN) of the Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM). He investigates how the human brain constructs reality, adapts to life challenges and processes the stories with which we understand the world.
November 25, discussion with:
Simón Serka, neuroscientist, publicist and mental health activist. He has a degree in Biomedical Sciences from the UAB, a master's degree in Cognitive Neuroscience from King's College London and a master's degree in Public Health from the University of Liverpool. He has conducted research at the LeDoux laboratory at New York University, at the RIKEN Institute in Tokyo and at IDIBAPS in Barcelona, where he studied the circuits of memory, learning and decision-making. Today he gives talks and workshops in schools, civic centres and companies to discuss psychological well-being from a biological perspective.
Sessions:
November 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Espai Texas, Barcelona 4th ESO and BATX
November 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Espai Texas, Barcelona 1st, 2nd and 3rd ESO