THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST

MARCH 26


Presented by Newport Film

ABOUT THE FILM: From the Academy Award®-winning filmmakers behind Everything Everywhere All at Once and Navalny; a father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created… and what’s at stake if we get it wrong.

6:00 PM: Doors Open & our friends from Charter Books will be onsite with a curated selection of AI-themed books.

7:00 PM: Film Start

Post-Film Conversation: with panelists David Altounian (Associate Professor, Business & Economics, Salve Regina University), Timothy H. Henry (Chair, Computer Science and Information Systems, Institute for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies, Rhode Island College), Michael Littman (Associate Provost for Artificial Intelligence, University Professor of Computer Science, Brown University) and Briana Vecchione (Technical Researcher with the AI on the Ground team at Data & Society Research Institute) moderated by Bill Bartholomew

DOCUMENTARY

RELEASE DATE

2026

RUNTIME

104 mins

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