TRON (1982) & the Advent of AI

SIU Philosophy and the GPU present: Tron and the Advent of AI, with a special talk by Dr. Andrew Youpa, PhD.

SIU Philosophy and the GPU present:

Tron and the Advent of AI, with a special talk by Dr. Andrew Youpa, PhD.

The original Tron, with its dazzling visuals and inventive depiction of cyberspace, captured the world's imagination of the future of Artificial intelligence. Please join us in returning to the cinematic roots of AI to help not only understand our present, but also the future of our relationship between programs and programmers.

Doors & Varsity Bar open at 6 -- for a 7 PM event.

FREE Admission

More about the film:

TRON (1982)

Tron is a 1982 American science fiction adventure film written and directed by Steven Lisberger from a story he co-wrote with Bonnie MacBird. The film stars Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with anthropomorphic programs in his attempt to escape. It also stars Bruce Boxleitner (in the eponymous role), David Warner, Cindy Morgan and Barnard Hughes. Tron was one of cinema's earliest films to use extensive computer-generated imagery (CGI).

Runtime: 96 minutes