Roy Cohen
Cornell Tech
Film Screening: Machine of Human Dreams
Abstract
To launch the Digital Life Seminar series, we are lucky to have Cornell Tech's Roy Cohen present his feature-length documentary, Machine of Human Dreams, about AI entrepreneur Ben Goertzel and his quest towards building the first thinking machine.
About
Roy Cohen is the National Science Foundation's 2017 STEM Media Fellow and is currently pursuing a master's degree in connective media at Cornell Tech. He specializes in storytelling about emerging technologies and progressive causes. As a filmmaker, Roy has worked with FranceTelevisions, yesDocu, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Roast Beef Productions, and other production houses around the world. He has a BA magna cum laude in psychology and neuroscience from Harvard University.