From Westworld to Wal-E, Hollywood’s fascination with robots has created films that ask serious questions about human identity, technology and responsibility.

On Saturday 20 September 2014, Goldsmiths’ Professor Mark Bishop, a world authority on artificial intelligence, introduces a screening of A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE at the V&A Museum. This sci-fi, created by Stanley Kubrick and Stephen Spielberg, tells the story of a prototype robot child named David (Sixth Sense’s Haley Joel Osment) who is programmed to ‘love’.

Examining the film’s exploration of cognitive computing design, Professor Bishop traces the film’s genesis in Kubrick’s earlier 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange, and discusses its relation to current A.I. technology and philosophy.

This event, part of London Design Festival at the V&A, was programmed by Goldsmiths Computing’s Phoenix Fry, and is one of four film events that explore how design alters our perception of reality.

Where: Victoria & Albert Museum Lecture Theatre
When: 7pm – 10pm Saturday 20 September 2014
Tickets: Buy online £10 (£7 concessions) – buy online