ECCE ROBOT

Fondazione Carla Fendi aims to examine Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics, two realities that have entered every aspect of our daily lives. Artificial intellectual processes, intelligent machines that connect, dialogue, act and relate. New technologies that will govern the future and with which humans must already deal. Identifying privileges, opportunities but also recognizing risks. On the stage of Teatro Caio Melisso Spazio Carla Fendi an integrated narrative: the technological singularities of robots playing musical instruments in the music video by New Zealand artist Nigel Stanford. Isaac Asimov's puzzling tale of a robot's unexpected dreams, read by the talented Valeria Golino and Valentina Cervi with narration by Roberto Pedicini. ECCE ROBOT, a short film produced by Fondazione Carla Fendi and directed by Gabriele Gianni, which through stock footage and interviews to scientists, historians and philosophers, recounts the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on contemporary society. Special guest Jaron Lanier, scientist, author, musician, artist, and Silicon Valley guru, with a talk on Artificial Intelligence.

Directed by Quirino Conti

CARLA FENDI AWARD

Closing moment of the performance Ecce Robot, a journey into the future that is already present, the Carla Fendi Prize, which is preceded from by a talk by Professor Giorgio Metta, Deputy Director of the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, an authoritative figure in Italian and international robotics. The Prize, which consists of a contribution from devolve to educational purposes, is awarded to two important figures in the world of softrobotics. Cecilia Laschi, Full Professor of Industrial Bioengineering at the Institute of BioRobotics at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, who created "Octopus," the world's first totally soft robot, an ideal challenge for next-generation robots. Barbara Mazzolai, Director of the Center for Micro-BioRobotics at the Italian Institute of Technology in Pontedera, who is responsible for the "Plantoid" project, aimed at making plant-like robots. The two researchers, who work at the center

of Pontedera, a detachment of Genoa's IIT and Pisa's Istituto Superiore Sant'Anna, have been recognized among the "25 most brilliant female scientists in the world"(RoboHub).

Director** Quirino Conti**