Lough originally planned a feature exploring the possibilities and dangers of AI that would focus on conversations with OpenAI CEOs. But, after their inquiries were ignored for months, they opted to commission a chatbot that mimicked Altman’s speech patterns and projected his facial expressions through a digital avatar.
However, the real Altman sat down for the new feature AI Doc: Or How I Became an ApocalyptimistWhich will be released in theaters on March 27. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, and Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google’s DeepMind Technologies, did the same. (Although the filmmakers say they requested interviews with Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and X’s Elon Musk, neither appeared.)
It’s an impressive level of reach for co-director and documentary protagonist Daniel Rohr, whose 2022 documentary NavalnyAbout Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, won an Academy Award. The problem is that once they’re on camera, Altman and others. Say something we haven’t heard before – and they keep giving light-hearted answers about their responsibilities to the rest of their species. When Rohr asked Altman why anyone should trust AI given its rapid impact, Altman responded: “You shouldn’t.” The process of interrogation ends here.
ai document Inspired by Rohr’s anxiety over the impending arrival of his son and his first child with his wife, filmmaker Caroline Lindy. He wonders what kind of world his boy will inherit and whether the rise of artificial intelligence will prevent the experiences that develop us into self-reliant adults. In Rohr’s first several interviews, all his worst fears seem to be confirmed. Tristan Harris, co-founder of the nonprofit Center for Humane Technology, gives one of the worst words: “I know people who work on AI risk who don’t expect their kids to reach high school,” he says, referring to a scenario in which technology collapses the infrastructure of traditional education.
Despite a growing sense of nervousness, Rohr and co-director Charlie Tyrrell have presented an admirably strong crash course in AI and the biggest questions, helped along by Rohr’s insistence on defining terms in simple language rather than startup buzzwords. Visually, the film is charmingly humane, featuring colorful drawings and paintings by Rohr, while whimsical stop-motion sequences indicate the influence of Oscar-winning co-director producer Daniel Kwan. everything everywhere at once. Vibrant creativity amid signs of destruction provides some of the hope Rohr is desperately seeking.
Yet subsequent interviews with Silicon Valley techno-optimists promising AI that conquers diseases and climate change — after which the CEO strikes his usual balance between a tone of hype and serious caution — pass by without much questioning the grandiose claims. Barely a moment is not spent considering why or how we should expect that the current crop of flawed big language models will lead to mythical “artificial general intelligence” (AGI) that will surpass human cognition. At most, there are euphemistic acknowledgments (for example, from venture capitalist Reid Hoffman) that any gains will come with unspecified losses.
Even when top players say the near-future impacts of AI are as significant as the advent of nuclear weapons, they are defaulting to a familiar playbook, presenting their products as singularly consequential one way or another — hinting only that They They can be trusted to lead the way.
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