On Thursday, March 26th, a major new AI documentary is coming out: The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist. Tickets are on sale now.

The movie is excellent, and MIRI staff I've spoken with generally believe it belongs in the same tier as If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies as an extremely valuable way to alert policymakers and the general public about AI risk, especially if it smashes the box office.

When IABIED was coming out, the community did an incredible job of helping the book succeed; without all of your help, we might never have gotten on the New York Times bestseller list. MIRI staff think that the community could potentially play a similarly big role in helping The AI Doc succeed, and thereby help these ideas go mainstream.

(Note: Two MIRI staff were interviewed for the film, but we weren’t involved in its production. We just like it.)

The most valuable thing most people can do is maximize opening-weekend success. Buy tickets to see the movie now; poke friends and family members to do the same. This will cause more theaters to pick up the movie, ensure it stays in theaters for longer, and broadly [...]

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First published:
March 19th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/w9BCbshKra7FKHTzi/the-ai-doc-is-coming-out-march-26

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