The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist

Directed by Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell

United States

2026

104 mins

All Ages

An AI future seems inevitable. Oscar winner Daniel Roher (Navalny, SFF 2022) and Charlie Tyrell break open all the promise and perils in this illuminating doc. Sundance 2026.

Filmmaker Daniel Roher is about to become a father and begins to question what kind of world awaits his child, as artificial intelligence accelerates at an unprecedented pace. Seeking answers, he builds a studio in his home and invites leading thinkers, engineers and creators shaping AI today. What unfolds is a series of conversations that range from hopeful to truly unsettling, as the full scale of what could lie ahead in an AI-dominated world begins to emerge. Blending interviews with stop motion, animation and illustration, Roher and Charlie Tyrell deliver the most accessible and comprehensive documentary on AI ever made, featuring interviews with over 40 experts.

“A scary, dizzying and essential documentary. If you have any interest in artificial intelligence (which is to say: the future), you should go out and see it right now.”

Owen Gleiberman, Variety

Tickets

Sun 7 June 2026, 2pm

Past Event

State Library of NSW

Tue 9 June 2026, 8:30pm

Past Event

Dendy Newtown - Cinema 3

Tue 16 June 2026, 6pm

Past Event

Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1

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