The Brain

Conscience, Are You Here?

6.1

|2021|103 min

Is it possible to replicate the human brain on a computer? To connect it to machines? Research aimed at understanding the functioning of our biological brain is being matched by spectacular progress in the development of artificial intelligence.

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