The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist

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From the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny; a father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what's at stake if we get it wrong.

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Melanie McFarland

Salon.com

1d

Roher’s motivation is intimately personal: The movie captures him on the verge of first-time fatherhood, and the rise of artificial intelligence has him questioning what kind of world his child will inherit, if any of us have a future at all.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

3d

“The AI Doc” is a well-intentioned but aggravating soup of information and opinion that wants to move at the speed of machine thought.

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

6d

2.5/4

“The AI Doc” gives the viewer a lot to think about — and worry about.

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M.V. Moorhead

Less Hat, Moorhead

14h

This sprightly, rapid-cut, graphically engaging movie, co-directed by Charlie Tyrell, tries to find a tolerable way to navigate a middle course. The result is a shrug: it could go either way, or a thousand other ways we can't predict.

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Maxance Vincent

Film Speak

19h

B

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a fairly effective documentary on a rather complicated subject.

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Charles Koplinski

Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam

3d

3.5/4.0

When it’s suggested the key to our survival is the creation of an international organization to ensure AI be used responsibly and for the benefit of all, I couldn’t help but think that, as Warren Zevon advised, we should begin enjoying every sandwich.

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Doug Camplejohn

1d

Funny, scary, hopeful. HumanMade.

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Sarah K

1d

Excellent look at both sides of the AI debate and our responsibility in the future of AI in our lives.

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Yespat

1d

Really good. If youre curious about AI, see this documentary.

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R R

1d

A must-see documentary of our time, excellently made. Many thanks to the entire crew behind the production. Eye-opening, heart-tugging, & mind-blowing.

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Tom B

2d

Fantastic eye-opening assessment of the future of A. I. EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THIS FILM.

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Joanne S

2d

A thought-provoking movie with numerous Interesting conversations with a variety of AI experts. However I did not care for the cartoony style of the films scenes between interviews.

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From the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny; a father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created... and what's at stake if we get it wrong.

Director: Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell
Producer: Daniel Kwan, Jonathan Wang, Shane Boris, Diane Becker, Ted Tremper
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Fishbowl Films, Cottage M
Rating: PG-13 (Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 27, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 43m

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