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ADS Hosts Public Screening of the new AlphaGo Documentary

Amsterdam Data Science Hosts Public Screening of the new AlphaGo Documentary

Through Professor Max Welling, Research Chair in Machine Learning, UvA and DeepMind, we are pleased to announce that ADS will host an early screening of the new documentary, AlphaGo.

Date: Tuesday 28 November 2017

Location: Science Park 904 – Room C1.110

Time: 17:15-20:00

17:25 – Introduction

17:30 – Start the film (90 mins)

19:00 – Leo Dorst (Informatics Institute, UvA) – Update on the latest AlphaGo developments since the film

19:10 – Brief audience question time

19:15-20:00 – Drinks & snacks, and Go demos from the Amsterdam Go Club & a chance to discuss the film (Science Park 904 ground floor entrance area)

Overview:

ADS have been invited to showcase one of the first public screenings of the new AlphaGo documentary.

AlphaGo chronicles a journey of an unproven AI program from the halls of Cambridge, through the backstreets of Bordeaux, past the coding terminals of DeepMind in London, and, ultimately, to a seven-day Challenge Match in Seoul. As the drama unfolds, more questions emerge: What can artificial intelligence reveal about a 3000-year-old game? What can it teach us about humanity?

AlphaGo was directed by Greg Kohs with an original score by Academy Award nominee, Hauschka.  It had its world premiere at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and won the “Knowledge is Power Science Prize” at the 2017 Traverse City Film Festival. Alpha Go is an official selection at Vancouver, Mill Valley, BFI London, Milwaukee, Bergen, Santa Fe, Heartland, Asheville, 360 Science Tech Moscow, Hot Springs, Bali, Warsaw, St Louis, Kaohsiung, Doctober and Washington West Film Festivals.

You can view the trailer HERE.

 

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It is free to attend the documentary but please register in advance.

Please only register if you plan to come as space is limited. 

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