Hop Film: The AI Doc (Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist)

A father-to-be grapples with the explosive risks and revolutionary potential of AI in this documentary about technology, discovery and a movement to shape the future.

5/28/2026
7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Location
Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public
More information
Hopkins Center for the Arts
603 646 2422

A father-to-be grapples with the explosive risks and revolutionary potential of AI in this documentary about technology, discovery and a movement to shape the future.

A·poc·a·lop·ti·mist (noun): a person who believes that even though we are currently racing towards the worst possible outcome, there's still a chance we can get our sh*t together.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Roher (Navalny) approaches this personal, visually inventive documentary as a father-to-be trying to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. Produced by Daniel Kwan (Everything Everywhere All at Once), co-directed by genius animator Charlie Tyrell and premiering at Sundance, this eye-opening film brings together the leading voices shaping and challenging the rise of AI. What emerges is an inspiring call to attention: a real-time exploration of the existential dangers and extraordinary promise of this rapidly rising technology.

Discussion follows with Professor Dan Rockmore, Director of the Neukom Institute for Computational Science

This event is free and unticketed.

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Location
Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public
More information
Hopkins Center for the Arts
603 646 2422