ETERNAL YOU - FROM THE END OF FINITENESS

Movie screening at the Cinema by Velotel 

Joshua is constantly chatting with the digital clone of his deceased first love. Christi seeks reassurance that her deceased best friend is doing well in heaven, but experiences a harrowing encounter with his AI likeness. Jang Ji-sung meets the VR clone of her deceased 7-year-old daughter. People worldwide are using AI services to bring the dead „back to life.“ In their documentary, Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck accompany these people and early users of a technology that aims to make death obsolete.

The inventors reject any responsibility for the profound psychological consequences, while numerous competitors hope for a lucrative market. The film shows curious, amusing, and disturbing encounters with the digital undead and asks the questions: Do we want this? Who takes responsibility for the psychological and ethical consequences? Is this the beginning of the end of finitude?

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Followed by a film discussion

Age rating: FSK released from 0

Credits

  • Country: Germany and USA
  • Length: 87 min.
  • Directors: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck
  • Camera: Tom Bergmann, Konrad Waldmann
  • Version: Original with German subtitles