{"id":237012,"date":"2026-05-13T02:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/new-documentary-asks-if-we-are-doomed-by-ai"},"modified":"2026-05-13T02:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:02:51","slug":"new-documentary-asks-if-we-are-doomed-by-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/new-documentary-asks-if-we-are-doomed-by-ai","title":{"rendered":"New documentary asks if we are doomed by AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a50TSY2X-yM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist\u201d is a new documentary exploring the future of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on humanity. NBC News\u2019 Gadi Schwartz spoke with co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, about the documentary and how to navigate overwhelming dread with tech optimism.<\/p>\n<p>For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\">https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Subscribe to NBC News: <a href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/SubscribeToNBC\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/SubscribeToNBC<\/a><br \/> \u00bb Subscribe to Here\u2019s the Scoop podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/heres-the-scoop-daily-podcast\">https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/heres-the-scoop-daily-podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Every day, NBC News helps people understand what\u2019s happening and why it matters \u2014 through fact-based reporting, meaningful conversations, and powerful stories. From its leading news broadcasts \u2014 TODAY, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, and Dateline \u2014 to NBC News NOW, the 24\/7 streaming news channel, plus chart-topping podcasts, the NBC News app, and <a href=\"http:\/\/NBCNews.com\">NBCNews.com<\/a>, NBC News keeps audiences informed and connected to the stories shaping our world.<\/p>\n<p>Connect with NBC News Online!<br \/> NBC News App: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.nbcnews.com\/mobile\">https:\/\/apps.nbcnews.com\/mobile<\/a>.<br \/> Breaking News Alerts: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.nbcnews.com\/join\/5cj\/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621\">https:\/\/link.nbcnews.com\/join\/5cj\/breaking-news-signup?cid=s\u2026lip_190621<\/a><br \/> Visit NBCNews. Com: <a href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/ReadNBC\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/ReadNBC<\/a><br \/> Find NBC News on Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/LikeNBC\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/LikeNBC<\/a><br \/> Follow NBC News on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/FollowNBC\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/FollowNBC<\/a><br \/> Follow NBC News on Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/InstaNBC\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/InstaNBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist\u201d is a new documentary exploring the future of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on humanity. NBC News\u2019 Gadi Schwartz spoke with co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, about the documentary and how to navigate overwhelming dread with tech optimism. For more context and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}