How I Became an Apocaloptimist
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Today we're breaking down a documentary called "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist." It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2026, hit U.S. theaters on March 27, and landed on Netflix in the U.S. on September 15. Runtime: an hour and forty-four minutes. I'm gonna give it to you shorter, funnier, and with a musical number. You're welcome. Who made it? It's directed by Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell. Roher is the guy who made "Navalny," the documentary about the Russian opposition leader, which won the Oscar. And it's produced by Daniel Kwan and Jonathan Wang, the team behind "Everything Everywhere All at Once," the hot dog fingers movie that won Best Picture. So this isn't some dude in a basement with a ring light yelling about lizard people. These are serious filmmakers. With Oscars. And it made about 1.3 million dollars at the box office. A film about the most powerful technology in human history grossed what a Marvel movie makes during the Thursday preview trailers. That tells you everything about how much attention we're paying.
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