Bina48, the central figure of the documentary “Love Machina,” is among the most terrifying film characters of the year. A disembodied head resembling a middle-aged Black woman and powered by artificial intelligence, Bina48 combines a realistic face, dead emotionless eyes, jerky and mechanical head movements, and speech that resembles a voicemail chatbot more than a living being to create an uncanny valley nightmare. But to basically everyone on screen, Bina48 is a dream, a sign of a world where — to quote the motto of her makers at the Terasem Movement — “Life is purposeful. Death is optional. God is technological. Love is essential.”
Whether “Love Machina” agrees with its subjects’ views about Bina48, and the larger ongoing debates about the ethics of artificial intelligence, is a bit of a mystery even by the time its credits roll. In taking us into the story of the AI, director Peter Sillen opts for...
Whether “Love Machina” agrees with its subjects’ views about Bina48, and the larger ongoing debates about the ethics of artificial intelligence, is a bit of a mystery even by the time its credits roll. In taking us into the story of the AI, director Peter Sillen opts for...
- 1/25/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
If you follow the news, you’d think that AI is going to take over every activity we formerly thought of as “human,” perhaps by the time you finish reading this sentence.
One of the great pleasures of reviewing documentaries, though, is that every few months a new film will pull back the curtain on the latest advancement in artificial intelligence or consciousness-infused robotics. Fairly consistently, the answer is: “Nah. People are safe. For now.”
For now.
The latest documentary to enter this fray is Peter Sillen’s Love Machina, a jumbled and easily distracted meditation on artificial intelligence, robotics, love, immortality, transformation and a form of spirituality that combines all of those things.
This is a subgenre in which any filmmaker will have to confront a series of what look like binaries, but increasingly aren’t: Visionary or crackpot? Science or science fiction? Utopian vision of the future or...
One of the great pleasures of reviewing documentaries, though, is that every few months a new film will pull back the curtain on the latest advancement in artificial intelligence or consciousness-infused robotics. Fairly consistently, the answer is: “Nah. People are safe. For now.”
For now.
The latest documentary to enter this fray is Peter Sillen’s Love Machina, a jumbled and easily distracted meditation on artificial intelligence, robotics, love, immortality, transformation and a form of spirituality that combines all of those things.
This is a subgenre in which any filmmaker will have to confront a series of what look like binaries, but increasingly aren’t: Visionary or crackpot? Science or science fiction? Utopian vision of the future or...
- 1/20/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In some movies, the quest for immortality is about escaping death. But the new Sundance documentary “Love Machina” is a different take. For Dr. Martine and Bina Rothblatt, the couple at the heart of the film, it’s about prolonging love.
“There’s an energy when Martine and Bina walk in a room. You feel it… and it’s kind of electric,” says Peter Sillen, director and producer of “Love Machina.” “With this film, it’s interesting to see people who are very cognizant of their relationship as stronger together than apart and how that forges and solidifies their resolve to accomplish great things.”
Like digital immortality: The documentary focuses on their journey to build Bina48, an AI humanoid robot based on an extensive “mindfile” of human Bina’s memories and thought patterns.
“Martine said the idea of just being born and living and dying is going to be thought...
“There’s an energy when Martine and Bina walk in a room. You feel it… and it’s kind of electric,” says Peter Sillen, director and producer of “Love Machina.” “With this film, it’s interesting to see people who are very cognizant of their relationship as stronger together than apart and how that forges and solidifies their resolve to accomplish great things.”
Like digital immortality: The documentary focuses on their journey to build Bina48, an AI humanoid robot based on an extensive “mindfile” of human Bina’s memories and thought patterns.
“Martine said the idea of just being born and living and dying is going to be thought...
- 1/20/2024
- by Drew Pearce for Dropbox
- Indiewire
By the time in 2010 Martine Rothblatt completed the first iteration of Bina48, the “social robot” modeled after her real-life partner, Bina Aspen (now Bina Rothblatt), she had already trailblazed an extraordinary career across multiple industries. A lawyer and entrepreneur, she cofounded Sirius Satellite Radio as well as biotech company United Therapeutics, the latter an outgrowth of her work developing a medication that saved her daughter Jenesis’s life, along with over 40,000 others suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension. So when Rothblatt, a transgender rights activist, who, at one point, was declared the world’s highest paid female CEO, and her wife […]
The post “This Isn’t Just Any AI”: Director Pete Sillen on Bina48 and His Sundance Documentary, Love Machina first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “This Isn’t Just Any AI”: Director Pete Sillen on Bina48 and His Sundance Documentary, Love Machina first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/20/2024
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
By the time in 2010 Martine Rothblatt completed the first iteration of Bina48, the “social robot” modeled after her real-life partner, Bina Aspen (now Bina Rothblatt), she had already trailblazed an extraordinary career across multiple industries. A lawyer and entrepreneur, she cofounded Sirius Satellite Radio as well as biotech company United Therapeutics, the latter an outgrowth of her work developing a medication that saved her daughter Jenesis’s life, along with over 40,000 others suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension. So when Rothblatt, a transgender rights activist, who, at one point, was declared the world’s highest paid female CEO, and her wife […]
The post “This Isn’t Just Any AI”: Director Pete Sillen on Bina48 and His Sundance Documentary, Love Machina first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “This Isn’t Just Any AI”: Director Pete Sillen on Bina48 and His Sundance Documentary, Love Machina first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/20/2024
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Martine Rothblatt and Bina Rothblatt are two futurists attempting to preserve their love forever with BINA48, a robotic face with chatbot capabilities to which the couple hopes to upload Bina’s consciousness. Their story is chronicled in director Peter Sillen’s Love Machina, a 2024 Sundance premiere. For this project, Sillen served as his own cinematographer. Below, he explains why he made that choice for the film and explains the film’s relationship to 1960s America. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors […]
The post “Love Machina Taps into the Lofty Idealism of the 1960s”: Dp Peter Sillen on Love Machina first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Love Machina Taps into the Lofty Idealism of the 1960s”: Dp Peter Sillen on Love Machina first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/19/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Martine Rothblatt and Bina Rothblatt are two futurists attempting to preserve their love forever with BINA48, a robotic face with chatbot capabilities to which the couple hopes to upload Bina’s consciousness. Their story is chronicled in director Peter Sillen’s Love Machina, a 2024 Sundance premiere. For this project, Sillen served as his own cinematographer. Below, he explains why he made that choice for the film and explains the film’s relationship to 1960s America. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors […]
The post “Love Machina Taps into the Lofty Idealism of the 1960s”: Dp Peter Sillen on Love Machina first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Love Machina Taps into the Lofty Idealism of the 1960s”: Dp Peter Sillen on Love Machina first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/19/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
In Today’s TV News Roundup, ABC announced the premiere date for the 23rd season of “The Bachelor” while “The Conners” hit a new low in the ratings.
Dates
The 23rd season of “The Bachelor” is set to premiere Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. Et on ABC. Former NFL player Colton Underwood is returning for the season following his first franchise appearance on “The Bachelorette” season 14. After professing his love for bachelorette Becca Kufrin, Underwood won over America with his discussion about virginity before ultimately being sent home in episode eight.
The podcast “This is Love” is returning Nov. 14 with a new episode about Martine Rothblatt, one of the highest paid women CEOs in the country who is working on a method to download peoples’ consciousness into an online file. “This is Love” was developed by the creators of the popular podcast “Criminal” and focuses on one of life’s most persistent mysteries: love.
Dates
The 23rd season of “The Bachelor” is set to premiere Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. Et on ABC. Former NFL player Colton Underwood is returning for the season following his first franchise appearance on “The Bachelorette” season 14. After professing his love for bachelorette Becca Kufrin, Underwood won over America with his discussion about virginity before ultimately being sent home in episode eight.
The podcast “This is Love” is returning Nov. 14 with a new episode about Martine Rothblatt, one of the highest paid women CEOs in the country who is working on a method to download peoples’ consciousness into an online file. “This is Love” was developed by the creators of the popular podcast “Criminal” and focuses on one of life’s most persistent mysteries: love.
- 11/15/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
The Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative (Bjkli) last week convened leaders from a variety of sectors to hear from Emma Stone, Billie Jean King, Shonda Rhimes and Christiane Amanpour on the importance of equity, inclusion and the power of the individual to make change.
Emma Stone, Billie Jean King, Shonda Rhimes and Christiane Amanpour
The luncheon kicked off with an address from Christiane Amanpour, who was presented with the first Bjkli “Inspiring Leader” award before she departed for duty at the United Nations. Speaking about organizations like the Bjkli, Ms. Amanpour said, “It is more important than ever in current conditions that we raise our voices and discuss these issues.” She also discussed the critical need for leadership referring to the global leaders she meets every week, including during Unga, and encouraged the audience to recognize their power to impact change.
Producer, screenwriter and author Shonda Rhimes was recognized with...
Emma Stone, Billie Jean King, Shonda Rhimes and Christiane Amanpour
The luncheon kicked off with an address from Christiane Amanpour, who was presented with the first Bjkli “Inspiring Leader” award before she departed for duty at the United Nations. Speaking about organizations like the Bjkli, Ms. Amanpour said, “It is more important than ever in current conditions that we raise our voices and discuss these issues.” She also discussed the critical need for leadership referring to the global leaders she meets every week, including during Unga, and encouraged the audience to recognize their power to impact change.
Producer, screenwriter and author Shonda Rhimes was recognized with...
- 9/25/2017
- Look to the Stars
Washington, D.C. — Fanboy favorites from Star Trek star William Shatner and The X-Files creator Chris Carter to Syfy’s hit series 12 Monkeys and Deadpool director Tim Miller are squarely in the spotlight for Smithsonian magazine’s fourth annual The Future Is Here Festival™, a three-day event highlighting the most advanced thinking in science, technology, space, art and engineering from a dazzling array of experts, visionaries and noted science-lovers.
The Festival kicks off on Friday, April 22nd at the Shakespeare Theatre’s Sidney Harman Hall with an exclusive ticketed evening event featuring Shatner, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek; a conversation with Carter, fresh off the triumphant return of The X-Files to television; and an exclusive glimpse into the thrilling second season of Syfy’s hit series 12 Monkeys (premieres April 18) with special advance footage presented by stars Aaron Stanford and Amanda Schull and executive producer Terry Matalas.
The Festival kicks off on Friday, April 22nd at the Shakespeare Theatre’s Sidney Harman Hall with an exclusive ticketed evening event featuring Shatner, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek; a conversation with Carter, fresh off the triumphant return of The X-Files to television; and an exclusive glimpse into the thrilling second season of Syfy’s hit series 12 Monkeys (premieres April 18) with special advance footage presented by stars Aaron Stanford and Amanda Schull and executive producer Terry Matalas.
- 4/14/2016
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Stephen Colbert fears that entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt has created a terrifying new minority that will soon demand — gasp — equality. Colbert was frightened by recent news that a computer was able to supposedly pass the Turing test by tricking one out of three people into believing it was human. So he sought out another form of cutting-edge artificial intelligence. Also read: Highest-Paid Woman CEO Used to Be a Man The robot called Bina was built at Rothblatt's request, and is based on the personality of her wife, also named Bina. Colbert's report arrived just days after Rothblatt topped a New York.
- 6/11/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
How much do men dominate the list of the country's highest-paid CEOs? So much that even the woman at the top of a new list of the best-paid female CEOs was born male. Martine Rothblatt's success is good news for transgender visibilty: She is certainly one of the world's wealthiest transgenders, if not the wealthiest. But the list brings yet more evidence of gender inequity at the highest levels of business. When it comes to dominating CEO pay, it clearly helps to have been born male. Also read: No Female Directors Allowed? New Summer Movie Season, Same Sad Story (Guest Blog) The.
- 6/10/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
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