The Singularity Is Near: The Movie

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The World Technology Network and Time magazine presents the New York premiere of The Singularity is Near film

June 8, 2010

The World Technology Network (WTN) in association with Time magazine presents the New York City premiere of Ray Kurzweil’s documentary film The Singularity Is Near on June 24, 2010. Audience Q&A with Ray Kurzweil, moderated by Moira Gunn, host of NPR’s “Tech Nation,” to immediately follow screening.

The Singularity Is Near: A True Story About the Future, by filmmakers Anthony Waller, Ray Kurzweil, Ehren Koepf and Toshi Hoo, with Executive… read more

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Creative Communities of the World Magazine | Visual Effects for The Singularity Is Near: The Movie

January 1, 2010

Source: Creative Communities of the World Magazine — December 21, 2009 | Tony Hudson

Based on Ray Kurzweil’s New York Times bestselling book, this is a documentary scheduled for release in late 2009. It is a documentary with a storyline woven through it, similar to What the BLEEP Do We Know?

I was the on-set Visual Effects Supervisor, the Effects Art Director, and Supervised the completion of over 400 greenscreen, set extension and matte painting shots in 8 months. The elephant animation is… read more

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Times Herald-Record | Woodstock Film Festival entry probes artificial intelligence

September 30, 2010

Source: Times Herald-Record — September 29, 2010 | Deborah Medenbach

Exponential progress is barely noticeable when it first gets started, but are we headed for an arc to the sky in human development that might make the “human” part optional?

Futurist/inventor Ray Kurzweil comes to the Woodstock Film Festival this year with his film The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, based on his bestselling book of the same title.

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