Few things have dominated both public and specialized discourses as much as AI. Stories of promise and peril are on the front pages of the mass media and the trade presses in virtually every field, from finance to the sciences. In this film series, we'll explore a smattering of stories we tell ourselves about our AI futures, and ask what these stories reveal about ourselves.
This series brings together indie experiments, documentaries, and blockbusters to trace how film grapples with algorithms, automation, data, and the dream of “thinking” machines.
I'm Your Man (German: Ich bin dein Mensch, lit. 'I'm Your Human') is a 2021 German science fiction romance film inspired by a story of the same name by Emma Braslavsky and directed by Maria Schrader and starring Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens and Sandra Hüller.
A scientist at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin is persuaded to participate in a study to get funding for her research. For three weeks, she must live with a humanoid robot designed to be the perfect life partner for her.
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