A director couldn't book Sam Altman, so he built a fake one in India. What could go wrong?
Director Adam Bhala Lough sets out to better understand the technology and people at the center of the AI boom. His quest sends him on a path towards the father of AI, OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman. When he isn’t able to sit down with Altman himself, Adam travels to India to create an AI version of him to interview instead.
Direction
Bhala Lough commits fully to his own unhinged premise
Writing
Meta-narrative that interrogates itself in real-time
Production
Actual deepfake tech becomes the documentary's subject AND form
Director
Adam Bhala Lough
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Divyendra Singh Jadoun, the Indian deepfake artist featured, previously made headlines for creating synthetic political campaign videos.
The film lands in a moment where Sam Altman himself became briefly ousted from OpenAI, making this 'bromance' accidentally prophetic about founder fragility.
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