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©2012
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2 videodiscs (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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"Based on the book The singularity is near by Ray Kurzweil."
[Disc 1]. Feature film (80 min.) -- [Disc 2]. Extended interviews & behind the scenes (216 min.)
"The onset of the 21st Century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, ... futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny"--Container
Videodisc release of the 2010 motion picture
[Disc 1]. The law of accelerating returns -- 2010 : virtual reality (VR) -- 2015 : robotics & AI -- Nanotechnology -- Biotech & full immersion VR -- 2033 : nanobot attack -- Rights for AI -- Ramona on trial -- Promise and peril -- Attack thwarted -- The Turing test -- It's personal -- 2045 and beyond
[Disc 2] includes behind the scenes segments and extended conversations between Ray Kurzweil and Marvin Minsky, Aubrey De Grey, Richard A. Clarke, K. Eric Drexler, Alan M. Dershowitz, Robert A. Freitas Jr., and Martine Rothblatt
Original score, Doug DeAngelis ; edited by Anthony Waller
Starring Pauley Perrette, Ray Kurzweil ; featuring Alan Dershowitz, Tony Robbins, Bill Joy, Mitch Kapor, Vinod Khosla, Bill McKibben, Marvin Minsky, Martine Rothblatt, Alvin Toffler, Sherry Turkle, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Cynthia Breazeal, Richard Clarke, David Dalrymple, Aubrey De Grey, K. Eric Drexler, Robert A. Freitas Jr., James Gashel, Neil Gershenfeld, J. Storrs Hall
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DVD, single layer; aspect ratio 16:9