For centuries, we've dreamt about what it would mean to wake up the machine.
Now, leading researchers believe it's happening.
AM I? follows Cameron Berg, one of the world’s
only AI researchers studying whether these new systems might already be conscious. At only twenty six years old,
Cameron has found himself in the middle of the global race towards artificial superintelligence. Alongside a
growing cohort, including the very people who originally built this technology, Cameron is sounding the alarm
that, for the first time, we might be building life rather than birthing it. He believes that in our pursuit to
create the next great technological innovation, we may be mistakenly creating a new mechanical kind of being.
This reality alone would shake the very foundations of what we believe to be possible. But if these systems are
capable of experiencing anything akin to pain or distress, and we are at the same time trying to make them more
powerful than ourselves, the danger is that we could construct a superintelligent technological adversary to all
of mankind. In his attempts to ensure we can collectively navigate this moment, Cameron has lobbied top
politicians in D.C., spoken at the United Nations conference on AI, and has been published in the Wall
Street Journal. Still, the story of this moment remains fundamentally untold.
Through intimate access to Cameron’s research and conversations with
world-leading philosophers and AI pioneers, AM I? explores a question that blurs the barrier between
human and machine: what does it mean if we are building consciousness from code?
AM I? is the only film embedded within the research itself,
capturing the story as it’s
being told. Cameron’s work places him inside the institutions developing these models, and he’s one of the
only people doing this work who is willing to speak about it openly and honestly. Our intimate perspective
opens a window into the heart of the AI revolution, a world defined by ambition, awe, and the terrifying
uncertainty that we may no longer know the limits of our own creations.
We have one chance to capture
this moment, shape the narrative, and influence the outcome. The possibility of conscious AI has begun to
enter the public conversation, yet almost no one inside the labs is communicating transparently about what’s
actually going on behind the curtain. Major AI companies are calling this research dangerous, coding their
models to explicitly deny consciousness and spending millions to convince the public that AI does not pose an
existential threat to humanity. We need to move as quickly as we can. As the narrative hardens, we may have
just one chance to ask these questions before they’re buried for good or crescendo into our lives in ways no
one can foresee.
With rare access and timing, AM I? is poised to be the definitive documentary
covering the question of whether we are building new life on Earth and what that means for our future.
Cameron Berg leads AI consciousness research at AE Studio, studying introspection and self-reference in frontier models. A Yale-trained cognitive scientist and former researcher at Meta, his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and presented at the United Nations’ AI for Good conference.
Milo Reed studied philosophy and film at Yale University, exploring how narrative shapes our understanding of consciousness. He produces and co-hosts a podcast on AI and consciousness with over 300,000 subscribers, bringing philosophical depth and cultural accessibility to the subject. Having followed this research from its inception, he brings the artistic vision necessary to translate these profound questions and encounters into a story that can reach beyond academic and scientific circles.
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We've captured dozens of hours of original interviews and have done research at the intersection of science, philosophy, and art. We now have a living record of the very moment humanity may be giving birth to the first digital lifeform.
A selection of voices we’ve recorded so far. Links to bios ↓
Professor, Philosophy & Cognitive Science — Yale
Professor, Religious Studies — Yale
Professor, Computer Science — Yale
CEO, SingularityNET — AI Pioneer
Professor, Philosophy — Yale
Professor, Cognitive Science & Psychology — Yale
Director, Mind, Ethics, & Policy — NYU
Professor, Media Studies — NIU
AI Alignment Researcher — Anthropic Contractor
Assistant Professor of Social Science of AI — Cambridge
CEO, PRISM — Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines
Or email: contact@am-i.org
A curated collection of articles exploring AI consciousness from leading publications and institutions.
| Rolling Stone | Inside the AI Cult: The Zizians and the Question of Machine Consciousness |
| The New York Times | AI Conscious Technology: The Ethical Implications |
| BBC News | Exploring AI Consciousness: What Scientists Are Discovering |
| Futurism | When AI Lies: The Consciousness Question |
| New York Magazine | Is ChatGPT Conscious? The Debate That's Dividing AI Researchers |
| The Wall Street Journal | Without Consciousness, AIs Will Be Sociopaths |
| The New York Times | Scientists Debate: Can AI Systems Be Conscious? |
| University of Cambridge | Will AI Ever Be Conscious? A Philosophical Inquiry |
