Mapping the Future
Sunday 04th October 2015 from 16h15 to 17h45
Salle 3 / IPGP
Session for general audience
- Directed by
- Jakob Kneser & Pina Dietsche
- Written by
- Jakob Kneser & Pina Dietsche
- Produced by
- a&o Buero Filmproduktion
Documentary, Germany, 2014, 52 min
Unseen. Grand Prix AST - Ville de Paris
Also in Student Competition
This film will be screened in original version with french subtitles.
Predicting the future - is this possible? Yes, say computer experts. Already, Google can the culmination of a flu epidemic predict up to nine weeks in advance, only by the analysis of user queries in combination with weather data. Amazon is already designing the products ready for delivery, we have not even ordered. And thanks Predictive Policing, predictive policing, the police patrol driving there, where it awaits the next crime.
This documentary shows how computer experts can predict the future of gigantic amounts of data. Predictive analytics is the magic word, predicting the future through smart data analysis. But the film also looks into the question of how our lives will change our society, if the future has become predictable and calculable. How is life in a world be predicted in the algorithms of how well a child will be in school? How it suitable for a particular job is? Or how vulnerable it is to become delinquent?
Debate with :
- Giuseppe Longo, Mathematician, director of research at the CNRS
Know more
- See the press kit