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The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist > Credits and Details
Directed by
Daniel Roher Daniel Roher  
Charlie Tyrell Charlie Tyrell  
Cast
Daniel Roher Daniel Roher ... Self - Filmmaker
Deborah Raji Deborah Raji ... Self - Researcher, UC Berkeley
Ajeya Cotra Ajeya Cotra ... Self - AI Risk Advisor
David Evan Harris David Evan Harris ... Self - Chancellor's Public Scholar, UC Berkeley
Jason Matheny Jason Matheny ... Self - President and CEO, RAND
Aza Raskin Aza Raskin ... Self - Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology & Earth Species Project
Jeffrey Ladish Jeffrey Ladish ... Self - Executive Director, Palisade Research
Tristan Harris Tristan Harris ... Self - Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology
Dan Hendrycks Dan Hendrycks ... Self - Executive Director, Center for AI Safety
Sanmi Koyejo Sanmi Koyejo ... Self - Asst. Prof. of Computer Science, Stanford
Randima Fernando Randima Fernando ... Self - Fmr Production Mgr., NVIDIA - Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology
Connor Leahy Connor Leahy ... Self - Founder & CEO, Conjecture
Yoshua Bengio Yoshua Bengio ... Self - Turing Award Co-Winner, Université de Montréal & Mila (as Prof. Yoshua Bengio)
Ilya Sutskever Ilya Sutskever ... Self - Co-Founder & Former Chief Scientist, OpenAI (helped create ChatGPT)
Shane Legg Shane Legg ... Self - Co-Founder and Chief AGI Scientist, Google DeepMind
Daniel Kokotajlo Daniel Kokotajlo ... Self - Former OpenAI Researcher (and whistleblower)
Jan Leike Jan Leike ... Self - Co-Lead Alignment Science Team, Anthropic (as Dr. Jan Leike)
Demis Hassabis Demis Hassabis ... Self - CEO & Co-Founder, Google DeepMind
Yuval Noah Harari Yuval Noah Harari ... Self - Historian & Author (as Prof. Yuval Noah Harari)
Eliezer Yudkowsky Eliezer Yudkowsky ... Self - Co-Founder, Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Peter Diamandis Peter Diamandis ... Self - Founder & Chair, XPRIZE & Singularity University (as Peter H. Diamandis MD)
Guillaume Verdon Guillaume Verdon ... Self - Founder and CEO, Extropic AI (as Guillaume Verdon AKA 'Beff Jezos')
Peter Lee Peter Lee ... Self - President, Microsoft Research (as Dr. Peter Lee)
Daniela Amodei Daniela Amodei ... Self - President & Co-Founder, Anthropic
Reid Hoffman Reid Hoffman ... Self - Co-Founder, LinkedIn & Inflection AI
Shaw Walters Shaw Walters ... Self - Founder, Eliza Labs (as Shaw Walters AKA 'Moon')
Rocky Yu Rocky Yu ... Self - Founder & CEO, AGI House
Karen Hao Karen Hao ... Self - AI Reporter
Nitasha Tiku Nitasha Tiku ... Self - Tech Culture Reporter, The Washington Post
Emily M. Bender Emily M. Bender ... Self - Department of Linguistics, University of Washington (as Dr. Emily M. Bender)
Timnit Gebru Timnit Gebru ... Self - Founder and ED, DAIR (as Dr. Timnit Gebru)
Sneha Revanur Sneha Revanur ... Self - Founder & President, Encode
Liv Boeree Liv Boeree ... Self - Game Theory Expert, Host - Win-Win Podcast
Ramesh Srinivasan Ramesh Srinivasan ... Self - UCLA, Information Studies, Host - Utopias Podcast (as Prof. Ramesh Srinivasan)
Sam Altman Sam Altman ... Self - CEO, OpenAI
Dario Amodei Dario Amodei ... Self - CEO & Co-Founder, Anthropic (as Dr. Dario Amodei)
Arthur C. Clarke Arthur C. Clarke ... Self - Author & Futurist (archive footage)
Chris Coons Chris Coons ... Self - U.S. Senator, Delaware (archive footage)
Anderson Cooper Anderson Cooper ... Self - 60 Minutes Correspondent (archive footage)
Ted Cruz Ted Cruz ... Self - U.S. Senator, Texas (archive footage)
Phil Davidson Phil Davidson ... Self - 25th Commander, US Indo-Pacific Command (archive footage) (as Adm. Phil Davidson (Ret.)
Bill Gates Bill Gates ... Self - Co-Founder of Microsoft (archive footage)
Geoffrey Hinton Geoffrey Hinton ... Self - Nobel Prize Laureate & Computer Scientist (archive footage)
Jensen Huang Jensen Huang ... Self - Co-Founder, President & CEO, NVIDIA (archive footage)
Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov ... Self - Chess Grand Master (archive footage)
Fu-Kai Lee Fu-Kai Lee ... Self - Chairman & CEO, Sinovation Ventures (archive footage) (as Kai-Fu Lee)
David Letterman David Letterman ... Self - Host, Late Show with David Letterman (archive footage)
Fei-Fei Li Fei-Fei Li ... Self - Prof. Stanford University, 'Godmother of AI' (archive footage)
Caroline Lindy Caroline Lindy ... Self - Daniel's Wife
Elon Musk Elon Musk ... Self - CEO, xAI (archive footage)
Larry Page Larry Page ... Self - Google Co-Founder (archive footage)
Matthew Raine Matthew Raine ... Self - Father of Adam Raine & Co-Founder of the Adam Raine Foundation (archive footage)
Kevin Roher Kevin Roher ... Self - Daniel's Father (archive footage)
Eric Schmidt Eric Schmidt ... Self - Former CEO & Chair, Google (archive footage)
Michal Simecka Michal Simecka ... Self - Slovak Candidate, Deepfake Victim (archive footage) (as Michal Šimečka)
Mustafa Suleyman Mustafa Suleyman ... Self - CEO, Microsoft AI (archive footage)
Jake Tapper Jake Tapper ... Self - Host, The Lead with Jake Tapper (archive footage)
Robbie Torney Robbie Torney ... Self - Head of AI & Digital Assessments, Common Sense Media (archive footage)
JD Vance JD Vance ... Self - Vice President of the United States (archive footage)
Mark Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg ... Self - CEO, Meta (archive footage)
Produced by
Diane Becker Diane Becker ... producer
Josef Beeby Josef Beeby ... story producer
Shane Boris Shane Boris ... producer
Leah-Lani Griffin Leah-Lani Griffin ... archive producer
Christian Holland Christian Holland ... line producer: London
Carolyne Jurriaans Carolyne Jurriaans ... co-producer
Daniel Kwan Daniel Kwan ... producer
EJ Lykes EJ Lykes ... associate producer
Mark Newton Mark Newton ... post producer
Ted Tremper Ted Tremper ... producer
Jonathan Wang Jonathan Wang ... producer
Original Music by
Marius De Vries Marius De Vries  
Matt Robertson Matt Robertson  
Visual Effects by
Brittany Beheshti Brittany Beheshti ... vfx compositor: stop motion department inc.
Thanks
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joseph Gordon-Levitt ... special thanks
Melanie Miller Melanie Miller ... special thanks
Kevin Roher Kevin Roher ... special thanks
Additional Info
Premiere: January 27, 2026
Theatrical Release: March 27, 2026
Blu-ray Release: May 19, 2026
Country: United States
Distributor: Focus Features
Websites: IMDb Wikipedia
Ratings
IMDb

6.8 / 10

Metacritic

65 / 100

Production Companies
Cottage M
Fishbowl Films
Playgrounds
Distributors
Focus Features
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