SMRTR AIApr 1, 2026Engadget

The AI Doc's director was "scared shitless" by AI, so he made a movie about it

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Oscar-winning director Daniel Roher created "The AI Doc" after feeling "scared shitless" by artificial intelligence and wanting to understand the technology's impact on humanity. The film explores both AI's potential benefits and dangers, leading Roher to coin the term "apocaloptimist" — balancing fears about AI's harm with hope that public criticism can shape its development, as demonstrated when OpenAI recently pulled its controversial Sora video app.

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