Writing Doom – Award-Winning Short Film on Superintelligence (2024)

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/superintelligence-imagined 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/introductory-resources-on-ai-risks/ 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. Festival awards: GRAND PRIX: SHORT FILM at the Director Talents Movie Awards 2024/5 https://newdirectorawards.com/winners1/202425 BEST DIRECTOR (Long Short Category) at the AltFF Alternative Film Festival https://www.instagram.com/alternativefilmfestival/p/DH1H5lBPTSF/ HONORABLE MENTION at the AI International Film Festival 2025 https://aifilmfest.org/ Media mentions: https://www.fastcompany.com/91261513/us-government-tiktok-ban-ai https://www.wokewaves.com/posts/watch-writing-doom-short-film-ai-superintelligence