An Evening with Peter Norvig and HER, Movie Screening & Talk – Jun 24

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Her - WonderfestIt’s a great pleasure of modern life to watch a wonderful movie, and then to discuss it with a smart friend. Even better when the movie is Her, Spike Jonze’s 2013 sci-fi-rom-com about a man who falls in love with a female-voiced operating system (think Siri) — and the smart friend is Peter Norvig, world expert in artificial intelligence. 

Her is 94% “Fresh” at RottenTomatoes. Moira MacDonald of the Seattle Times called it, “A touching, buoyant pleasure.” Rafer Guzman of Newsday wrote, “Her goes light-years beyond science-fiction cliches.” 
 
Peter Norvig - Wonderfest 
 
Peter Norvig is Director of Research at Google, and has co-written Earth’s leading AI textbook. He’s good before an audience, too, having co-taught an online AI class that inspired 160,000 students to sign up.

Please join Wonderfest and SF in SF for An Evening with Peter Norvig and Her — an intriguing modern pleasure for sure.

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