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Daniel Roher is about to become a father. He'd like to understand the world his child is inheriting. So he starts asking questions about AI — and the answers are not reassuring. From the Oscar-winning director of Navalny, co-directed with Charlie Tyrell and produced by the Everything Everywhere All at Once team, this Sundance documentary takes a personal, emotionally grounded approach to one of the most consequential topics of our era. Roher starts from genuine ignorance, asks engineers what AI actually is, then works his way through doomsayers, optimists, and the CEOs shaping the technology's future. The film is engaging and well-intentioned — but its "apocaloptimist" framing ultimately feels like a dodge. Critics and audiences alike have noted that the film is far more comfortable interviewing tech CEOs about utopian possibilities than it is sitting with the harder economic questions: what happens to the millions of workers being displaced right now? The discomfort is real, but the conclusions are soft. A worthwhile entry point into the AI conversation, but one that pulls its punches when it matters most. Worth watching — just DON'T expect it to tell you anything the tech industry DOESN'T want you to hear. Check local theaters or streaming availability. |
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