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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nIn this episode of the No Film School Podcast, host GG Hawkins speaks with director Charlie Tyrell and editors Davis Coombe and Daysha Broadway about __The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist__.\n\nThe conversation explores how the team shaped an essay-driven documentary around AI, parenting, authorship, and uncertainty, while also breaking down the collaborative editorial process. They also touch on the ethics of making a film in real time about a rapidly changing subject, and the analog craft choices that gave the project its tactile visual identity.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**In this episode, we****discuss:**\n\n  * How __The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist__ uses a filmmaker’s journey into impending parenthood as a narrative device for exploring AI anxiety and optimism\n  * Why the team chose an essay-documentary structure while still grounding the film in Daniel Roher’s on-camera perspective\n  * The challenges of shaping a documentary whose subject kept changing during production as AI news evolved in real time\n  * How Charlie Tyrell, Davis Coombe, and Daysha Broadway each found their way into filmmaking and documentary storytelling\n  * The creative and ethical complications of having a co-director also function as a subject within the film\n  * How the filmmakers balanced accessibility, complexity, and emotional honesty while making a movie about a massive technological shift\n  * The editorial collaboration behind the film, including remote workflows, shared creative decision-making, and leaving ego at the door\n  * Why the team intentionally avoided using AI in the film’s creative workflow\n  * How Premiere Pro Productions, transcription tools, Blender, After Effects, Dragonframe, stop-motion builds, and practical effects supported the film’s handmade aesthetic\n  * Where the guests currently land on the spectrum between AI optimism and AI anxiety as working filmmakers and editors\n  * Why the guests believe the biggest question is not just what AI can do, but how people choose to use it\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Guests:**\n\n  * Pete Ohs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n****\n\n****\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Subscribe to the No Film School Podcast on:**\n\n  * Apple Podcasts\n  * Spotify\n  * Google\n\n\n\nGet your question answered on the podcast by emailing podcast@nofilmschool.com\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n_Listen to more episodes of the No Film School podcast right here:_",
  "title": "The AI Doc Breakdown: Filmmaking in the Age of Uncertainty"
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