The AI Doc: Free Screening and Community Conversation

Rocky Mountain AI Interest Group is co-sponsoring a free screening of The AI Doc movie with the Town of Superior, part of the Boulder Film Friends in Superior series the town launched ahead of Sundance's move to Boulder in 2027. Thanks to RMAIIG Board member Susan Adams and tech business visionary Chris Nunes for organizing this event!

A panel and open audience conversation follows the film.

The AI Doc is a 2026 documentary from directors Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell. It follows a father-to-be's worry about the world his child will inherit and his journey to understand the most powerful technology people have ever built. The film brings together the people building it and the people questioning it: Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, Dario and Daniela Amodei, and Ilya Sutskever, alongside Yoshua Bengio, Emily M. Bender, Timnit Gebru, Tristan Harris, and Eliezer Yudkowsky.

Stay after the credits. The film asks large questions about where AI is heading, and our conversation turns toward what you can do inside your own sphere of influence: at home with your kids, in your classroom, on your team. Bring your questions. Most of the time belongs to the audience.

Panelists

• Daniel Ritchie doesn't wait for the future to arrive, he builds it. He's spent 25 years in technology, and the last several doing something most people haven't tried yet: figuring out how to make robots genuinely interact with people. Not in a lab. Not at a big company. In the real world, with real people, at a scale anyone can participate in. He founded ClankWorks to bring hands-on workshops, hardware, and experiences to put this technology within reach of anyone curious enough to show up. Daniel thinks Colorado has a voice in how AI turns out, and believes this moment is one we can shape, not just watch.
• Michael Whitaker "Whit" is the SVP of Strategy Execution and Organizational Innovation at ICF and the author of Family Throughlines: Discover Your Timeless Compass for Parenting in an Uncharted World. Operating at the intersection of AI transformation and family dynamics, his work focuses on translating complex technological shifts into practical frameworks for adults and kids. He recently served on BVSD’s AI Advisory Committee to help shape future-ready policies. As a father of a middle and high schooler, his approach balances the advantages of AI with the necessity of "designed friction" to protect and foster student development. He chronicles these intersections in his Substack newsletter, Navigating AI Transitions with Whit.
• Jane Yang serves as the State of Colorado’s Principal Director of AI Architecture. An engineer by training with a background in strategy and data science, Jane has built and matured data and AI functions in social enterprises, private tech and the federal government. Jane is relentlessly focused on solving problems and prioritizes outcome-based delivery, always asking, “How can we make this better?” Jane previously served as the first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at the U.S. Administration for Children and Families (ACF).

The details

• Friday, August 28, 6:00 PM to 8:30pm
• Superior Civic Space, 2250 Main St. Suite 1001, Superior, CO 80027
• Admission is free and no tickets are required. Seating is first come, first served.
• Parking is available on Main Street and in the garage northeast of Main Street and Marshall Road.
• You're welcome to pick up food or a non-alcoholic drink from a Downtown Superior business and bring it in.

Please note: the room holds about 150 and this is a Town of Superior community event, so we're capping RMAIIG RSVPs at 100 to leave seats for Superior residents. Arrive early.

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