13 years ago, I sat down with Doug Wolens to talk about a word almost no one was using: the singularity.

Doug was a lawyer who walked away from the courtroom to make films. His documentary, The Singularity, did something rare. It refused to cheerlead. It asked questions instead.

One thing he said has stayed with me ever since. Science is a means, not an end. It does not deliver a scientific destination. It delivers a humanistic one.

That distinction matters more now than it did in 2013.

Back then, machine intelligence surpassing human intelligence was a thought experiment. Today, it is a product roadmap. We used to argue about whether it would happen. Now we argue about what to do while it does.

But the sharpest question in Doug’s film was never about the machines. It was about us.

What kind of humans do we want to become?

The technology will not answer that. The companies will not answer that. The future does not simply arrive. We choose it.

Or, as Doug put it, it is ultimately up to you.

Watch the full conversation here: [ https://snglrty.co/47OH7tl](https://snglrty.co/47OH7tl)

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Doug Wolens — the lawyer-turned-documentarian film-maker, talks about his latest film — The Singularity. See the full interview on SingularityWeblog.com