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Science is finally catching up with Teilhard de Chardin
Frank and Mary Frost, the filmmakers behind a recent PBS documentary about the Jesuit paleontologist, have long seen him as a true visionary.
Filmmakers Frank and Mary Frost (Photo courtesy of Frank Frost Productions, LLC)
What can the work of an early 20th-century French priest and scientist tell us about the possibilities of artificial intelligence? In Teilhard: Visionary Scientist, Frank and Mary Frost tell the story of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s life and show how scientific and technological advances, especially those in AI, are making his work appear eerily prophetic.
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