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

4d

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

6d

“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

Mar 27

2.5/4

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

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André Hereford

Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

1d

4/5

Several of the experts interviewed in Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell’s engaging, if alarming, documentary 'The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist' articulate some degree of existential dread contemplating a future ruled by artificial intelligence.

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Rodrigo Perez

The Playlist

2d

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...“The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” is for everyone: a film that informs the uninformed, shakes the complacent, mollifies fears (slightly), while also likely exacerbating your worst terrors.

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M.V. Moorhead

Less Hat, Moorhead

3d

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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Josh P

2h

Amazing watch. A serious watch.

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Heath

9h

AI Doc is a remarkable film that distills complex issues into a clear, emotionally engaging story. I was especially struck by how it humanizes the film producer and his family. It felt deeply personal and relatable. The storytelling is both thoughtful and visually compelling. This is the kind of film that not only reflects our moment but helps define it. Its one of the most important films of our generation.

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Eric R

21h

I wasn't really sure what to expect when I went to see this film but I was pleasantly surprised. The subject matter was intriguing and the film successfully avoided boring me with too much jargon or insider talk. The interviewer was a regular person, thoughtful Comm passionate and honest in the way that he interacted with some of the biggest names and smartest people in AI. The responses of those AI profess was not just educational for me but actually enlightening. I got answers to questions I didn't even know I had. I would highly recommend this film overall, and especially to persons over 50 years old who may be unfamiliar with or leery of AI in general. I genuinely do believe this is a must see for everyone.

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John G

21h

Thoughtfully presented many aspects of positives and negatives of AI. Many credible experts on the subject. And all presented in very entertaining way.

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Mr Hollywood

21h

Was decent enough but it didn’t add much to the conversation. We know the risks. And the ending didn’t show any good results

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Tricia S

23h

Great movie. Learned so much about AI.

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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, Wide
Runtime: 1h 44m

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