I Am Human

You don't know what you don't know and I had no idea what progress scientists have made in treating people with Parkinson's, people who are severely paralyzed, blind, and more. All with brain interface technology that seems like it should be light years away!

This film, beautifully shot, truly boggles the mind as we get to see inside the lives of patients being given new never experienced independents with brain interfaces. You also will get to meet some internationally acclaimed scientists and technologists. Really, really cool things happening, folks!!

I was surprised at how gripping this documentary was. Directors Elena Gaby and Taryn Southern relay some complex ideas and technologies with clarity, and never lose focus on the audience's emotional connection to the people who are being helped by this technology. We come to love these characters and care about them even as our minds are being stimulated by the cutting-edge and mindblowing techniques. It's a really interesting and inspiring film.

This is a well made documentary which focuses on the breakthroughs of deep brain stimulation. However, I find the documentary rather one sided, presenting only the positives of the breakthroughs. Hence, I regard this as an infomercial rather than a real documentary.

Until this documentary, the merging of man and machine had traditionally been relegated to science fiction. I Am Human gives us a close up view into the rapid advancements in neurotech, and previews what our post-human future looks like.

Highly recommend watching

I don't know why this documentary would be catagorized in the thriller genre, I must have missed a point there, but whatever, the truth is that I Am Human is a very interesting documentary, with serious topics like our brain capacities and how far we could or should explore, about curing all kind of diseases, injuries or conditions by understanding our brain functions better. I'm in awe when i see what we are already capable to achieve now, not sure though if it is morally correct to be able to alternate or improve certain things. Should we just cure illnesses, give sight back to a blind person, hearing to the deaf and other handicaps? Or instead should we look further and discover things we couldn't imagine a couple years ago? Things that aren't necessary a good thing even though it would improve everyone's personal life. Do we still need to stretch out our lifespan on this earth? We are already driving at a wall at high speed, with no breaks, the planet will be oversaturated, do we really need people to get much older? I Am Human raises questions, but most of all it brings hope for people with diseases or conditions that we thought were uncurable at one point. It's very well explained, sometimes emotional to watch, but it will make you for sure talk about it.