Sag Harbor Cinema: Science on Screen
Event Description
Synthetic Dreams and Ghost Machines
Dr. Steven Skiena will join the Cinema for a presentation exploring the rapidly evolving worlds of artificial intelligence and robotics.
Dr. Skiena is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Associate Director of the AI Innovation Institute at Stony Brook University. A leading researcher in data science and algorithms, he is the author of several influential books on AI and computation, including The Algorithm Design Manual and The Data Science Design Manual.
The presentation will be followed by a screening of Ex Machina, Alex Garland's provocative science-fiction thriller exploring the seductive and unsettling boundaries between human consciousness and artificial intelligence.
