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Plug & Pray is a 2010 documentary film about the promise, problems and ethics of artificial intelligence and robotics. The main protagonists are the former MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum and the futurist Raymond Kurzweil. The title is a pun on the computer hardware phrase "Plug and Play".
Original Release
11/11/2010
US Release
05/27/2011
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Joseph Weizenbaum | Self - Professor of Computer Science Emeritus, MIT |
| Raymond Kurzweil | Self - Author |
| Hiroshi Ishiguro | Self - Professor, Osaka University |
| Minoru Asada | Self - Professor, Osaka University |
| Giorgio Metta | Self - Assistant Professor |
| Neil Gershenfeld | Self - Director, The Center for Bits and Atoms |
| Hans-Joachim Wünsche | Self - Director, Institute for Autonomous Systems Technology |
| Joel Moses | Self - Computer Scientist |
| Michael Himmelsbach | Self - University of Bundewehr Munich |
| Kaoru Kurumizawa | Self - ATR Kyoto |
Directors
Writers
Judith Malek-Mahdavi, Jens Schanze
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Joseph Weizenbaum | Self - Professor of Computer Science Emeritus, MIT |
| Raymond Kurzweil | Self - Author |
| Hiroshi Ishiguro | Self - Professor, Osaka University |
| Minoru Asada | Self - Professor, Osaka University |
| Giorgio Metta | Self - Assistant Professor |
| Neil Gershenfeld | Self - Director, The Center for Bits and Atoms |
| Hans-Joachim Wünsche | Self - Director, Institute for Autonomous Systems Technology |
| Joel Moses | Self - Computer Scientist |
| Michael Himmelsbach | Self - University of Bundewehr Munich |
| Kaoru Kurumizawa | Self - ATR Kyoto |
| Michael Manz | Self - University of Bundewehr Munich |
| Masahiro Shiomi | Self - Robot Researcher |
| Joe Wuensche | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Judith Malek-Mahdavi | Producer |
| Jens Schanze | Producer |
