As Oscar-winning documentary director Daniel Roher and his wife were expecting their first child, he set out to make a film on AI and answer the question: Is now a good time to bring a child into the world? This hand-made, eye-opening documentary follows Roher’s personal journey as a father-to-be amid AI’s unprecedented growth, exploring both the promises and perils of the most powerful technology humanity has ever created. Through interviews with leading AI figures including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, and AI safety researchers, Roher investigates what kind of future his child may inherit in the age of artificial intelligence and whether there’s reason to be hopeful rather than terrified.
Title: The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
Year: 2026
Type: Documentary Feature Film
Country: United States
Language: English
Directors: Daniel Roher (Oscar winner for Navalny), Charlie Tyrell
Producers: Daniel Kwan (of The Daniels), Eva Orner, Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell
Studio: CNN Films, Focus Features
Genre: Documentary, Technology, Science
Featuring: Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO), Dario Amodei (Anthropic CEO), Demis Hassabis (Google DeepMind CEO), Emily M. Bender, Yoshua Bengio, Liv Boeree, Ajeya Cotra, Peter Diamandis, Randima Fernando, and other AI researchers and executives
Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes (104 minutes)