Almost Human
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The filmmaker Jeppe Rønde has invited 10 of the world's foremost researchers - and a robot! - to rethink our relationship with technology and its dilemmas from the outside. Philosophers, anthropologists, archaeologists and programmers show us through their thought experiments that our relationship with technology is just as much about our relationship with ourselves.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2019-03-21
Runtime: 91 mins
Director: Jeppe Rønde
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Almost Human
Production Companies: Bacon Productions, Carlsberg Foundation
Production Countries: Denmark
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