""I wanted to make this movie because I was scared shitless, that's the crux of it. I didn't understand what AI was. I didn't understand why everyone was talking about it and why it seemed to be this thing that came outta the woodwork and all of a sudden, people were talking about it like it was the apocalypse or like it was gonna be the most optimistic, greatest thing ever.""
""It's a worldview. It's choosing not to buy into a binary that's asking us to see this as either apocalypse and the end of the world, or through the rose-colored glasses of unvarnished optimism, which is also sort of a fallacy.""
Daniel Roher's film, The AI Doc, aims to clarify the complexities surrounding AI. He collaborates with colleagues to demystify AI, presenting both its potential benefits and criticisms. Roher expresses his initial fear and confusion about AI, leading to the creation of the film. He introduces the term 'apocaloptimist' to describe a balanced perspective that acknowledges AI's dangers while advocating for proactive engagement in shaping its future. This worldview rejects binary thinking of AI as purely apocalyptic or overly optimistic.
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