Writing Doom is a fiction short film about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI).

Grand Prize Winner – Future of Life Institute’s Superintelligence Imagined Contest
https://futureoflife.org/project/supe…

A writing team are given the task of making Artificial Superintelligence the ‘bad guy’ for the next season of their TV show. With the help of a newcomer to the team (a Machine Learning PhD), they must figure out how and why an ASI might function as an antagonist – and the threat it might pose to humanity.

To find out more about AI:
https://futureoflife.org/resource/int…

Written & directed by Suzy Shepherd https://suzyshepherd.co.uk

Cast:
Max – Adam Lloyd-James
Jerry – Mike Kelson
Gail – Amantha Edmead
Anders – Aleksander Varadian
Mimi – Imogen Westwood Flood
Producer – Esmee Cook

Crew:
Director of Photography – Richard Allen
Gaffer – Wil Thong
First assistant camera – Jamie Evans
Sound recordist – David Head
Make up – Holly-Rose Tomlinson
Runner – Sebastien Fletcher-Biddle
Editor – Suzy Shepherd

Scientific Advisors:
Samuel F. Brown
Isaac Dunn

With thanks to Eliezer Yudkowsky, whose words, arguments, and explanations I drew upon heavily while writing the script.

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