12 Dec 2019
Machine
If machines can be smarter than people, is humanity really anything special?
Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story on the Survival of Human Craft
There is a popular theory that it takes at least 10,000 hours of focused practice for a human to become expert in any field. In Japan, there are craftspeople who go far beyond this to reach a special kind of mastery. These people are called Takumi and they devote 60,000 hours to their craft. That's 8 hours a day, 240 days a year, for over 30 years. It's an almost superhuman level of dedication to a life of repetition and no shortcuts. This film asks the question: Will human craft disappear as artificial intelligence reaches beyond our limits?
Top Billed Cast
Nora Atkinson Herself
Jon Bruner Himself
Martin Ford Himself
Shigeo Kiuchi Himself
Nahoko Kojima Herself
Neil MacGregor Narrator
Hisato Nakahigashi Himself
Katsuaki Suganuma Himself
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