The concept of Artificial Intelligence has fascinated science fiction writers and filmmakers from the beginning of the form – the idea that we might one day create the source of our own obsolescence.

The concept of Artificial Intelligence has fascinated science fiction writers and filmmakers from the beginning of the form – the idea that we might one day create the source of our own obsolescence.

Part 1: I, Robot – Early Science Fiction AI

Part 2: What are you doing, Dave? The Self-Aware Machine  

Part 3: Measure of a Man – AI as Metaphor for Civil Rights

Part 4: Architects of Our Own Destruction – AI Rises Up

Part 5: Disconnective Tissue – Fear of a Virtual Reality

Part 6: AI in the Real-Life Cinema Industry

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £20/£18 Members

Tutor: Kenton Hall

Booking Information:

This one-day course will run at Phoenix on Saturday 7 December 2024, 11.30am – 5pm.

You must be 18 or over to attend.

Cancellation Policy:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

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ABOUT THE TUTOR

Kenton Hall is an award-winning Canadian writer, director, musician and teacher, with numerous short and feature film credits to his name - both behind and in front of the camera. Kenton also teaches a BTEC in Creative Media Production through Leicester College and The Art of Screenwriting here at Phoenix. He has played a variety of roles on-stage and screen, from Les Miserables and Muppets Most Wanted to 4th Floor of Singapore and Father to Fall. He most recently wrote, directed and co-starred in the feature film A Dozen Summers, published the comic memoir Bisection, about living and parenting with bipolar disorder and co-wrote and co-directed London After Midnight, an audio resurrection of the lost Lon Chaney film, starring Art Malik.