“Writing Doom”, a short fiction film about the dangers of AI

Superintelligence Imagined, Creative Contest on the Risks of Superintelligence

11 a.m., June 8, 2025

This Sunday we will watch Writing Doom (2024), a prize-winning film from The Future of Life Institute on the risks of advanced Artificial Intelligence. This video stood out for its ability to deliver on the key message of the institute’s “Superintelligence Imagined” creative contest, while also producing a striking and entertaining piece of media. The institute was so impressed that they added an additional $20,000 ‘Grand-Prize’ to celebrate this submission.

The Future of Life Institute is a privately-funded organization whose mission is to steer transformative technologies toward benefiting life and avoiding large-scale risks.

You can watch this 27-minute video at: https://www.suzyshepherd.co.uk/writing-doom

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This Sunday, you can attend our forum in person with fellow humanists in the Orchard Room at the Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA 94022. Lunch will be served after the forum. We request a $10 donation.

If you can join us in person, please email vp@humanists.org to help us make sure we have room for you. If you have symptoms that may be COVID, kindly attend on Zoom.

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