Conscious AI Meetup

​We would like to welcome you to the next installment of the Salon of the California Institute of Machine Consciousness!

​"Ghost in the Shell" is based on Masamune Shirow's 1989 manga series and takes us into a post cyberpunk Japan, ca. 2050. The 1995 anime adaptation was a groundbreaking project, combining a new rhythm of intelligent, high intensity story telling with revolutionary volumetric animations. "Ghost in the Shell" is a significant milestones of anime history.

​Motoko Kusanagi is a cyborg, her body owned by Section 9, Japan's paramilitary cybercrime police division. The ubiquity of brain computer interface technology has introduced a data layer between brains and the world that begins to separate humanity from the physical world, and opens human minds to hacks by non human entities.

​"Ghost in the Shell" is a multilayered, action packed affair that deals with questions of identity, self construction, AI agency, and the politics of AI infused societies.

Joscha Bach will give a brief introduction, and organize the discussion of the movie afterwards.

​​​We are looking forward to connecting with you!


Attendance is free; we appreciate if you bring non-alcoholic drinks and some snacks.