“The AI Doc” Opens Friday. It's The Film We Need In This Moment.

The film gives us the clarity we need to act on AI. Go see it — and bring your friends.

This Friday, “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” opens in theaters across the U.S. From the Oscar-winning production team behind “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and the director of “Navalny,” this film takes the dizzying complexity of AI — the promise, the peril, the competing ideologies, the economic incentives — and creates a shared experience we can all see and respond to.

You can get your tickets and learn more here: theaidocgetinvolved.com

This film is coming at a moment when AI is seemingly everywhere. You read a new headline everyday about how it’s going to change our world. You hear it come up more and more in conversations with friends, family, co-workers. There’s a feeling that the world as we know it is beginning to shift — and not in a direction that any of us asked for or want.

“The AI Doc” gives that feeling shape. Here at CHT, we believe that clarity creates agency. This film provides the clarity we desperately need in this moment. But clarity is just the first step. If we are going to take the wheel and steer towards a better path, we’re going to need to build a movement big enough to meet this moment: The Human Movement.

The Human Movement is about the collective recognition that we don’t have to accept the disastrous default path on AI. We can still choose a different future, but we have to choose it together. It’s going to take all of us. Go to human.mov to join the movement and add your voice to a growing global demand for a more humane AI future.

The path to a better future starts this weekend with “The AI Doc.” Grab your friends, family, co-workers and go see it in theaters.

If you’re outside the U.S., don’t worry, international audiences will be able to see it in the coming months. We’ll keep you posted.

The conversation is just getting started

If you can’t wait for Friday, we’ve got plenty for you to dig in on in the meantime:

In this episode, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin sit down with film’s producers to explore how they navigated the overwhelming complexity of AI and created a film designed not just to inform but to be experienced together.

Producer Daniel Kwan says:

“ For a lot of everyday people who haven’t wanted to engage with ai, I feel like this film gives them a a safe place to collectively feel like they’re going on a journey and they’re not having to do it alone… many people don’t watch documentaries in theaters anymore, but I think this is the kind of movie where you’re gonna want to feel the presence of other people.”

- Daniel Kwan, Producer, “The AI Doc”

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Then, check out Tristan’s appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, where he clearly lays out the stakes and urgency of the AI problem, and why we need The Human Movement to meet this moment:

You can watch the full segment here.

This is just one of the many conversations Tristan and Aza have been having recently about the stakes and urgency of the AI problem — and why seeing this film is the first step towards a better path. Here are a few more worth your time:

"Oprah & Tech Leaders on What AI Means for Your Job, Health, Family, & Future,” The Oprah Podcast

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“Why the AI Race is Leaving Humans Behind with Tristan Harris,” On with Kara Swisher

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Landmark verdicts show a better path is possible

Just this week, we saw real evidence of our agency to shift the direction of tech. In trials in California and New Mexico, juries found Meta and Google liable for the harmful, addictive designs of their products and for failing to keep children safe on their apps.

Our co-founder Aza Raskin testified in one of these trials. On the latest episode of Your Undivided Attention, Aza talks with Tristan about what is was like taking the stand, why this could be a “Big Tobacco” moment for social media and why the real significance of these cases is still to come.

These landmark verdicts are part of the ongoing human movement. They show that we don’t have to accept inhumane tech as inevitable — we still have agency to choose a better future.

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Watch the film, then join the movement

Seeing the film is just the start. Now comes the part that really matters: taking action.

We want this to be the start of a global conversation. That’s why we’ve put together a discussion guide with questions designed to spark genuine dialogue. Use this guide to talk to your friends and family about how we can all come together to meet the AI challenge.

Then, go to human.mov to join The Human Movement and turn individual action into collective power. Right now, a handful of companies are deciding how the world’s most powerful technology will shape humanity’s future. They’re accelerating, with no one at the steering wheel. If we keep this up, we will crash.

The crash isn’t inevitable and we can still change course. AI is being shaped by human decisions, human incentives, and human choices. Humanity can take the wheel.

It’s up to all of us us to choose our path on AI.

See you this weekend.

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