导演 Adam Bhala Lough 原本没打算拍一部关于 Sam Altman 数位替身的纪录片；但他自称在大约 100 天内透过简讯与电邮联络 OpenAI 执行长却毫无回复，又被资方催促交代原始提案，最后改为「闯入」OpenAI。结果他一度穿过入口、随即被保全抓住并强制带离现场。本文刊于 2025 年 12 月 18 日上午 7:00。
转折点来自 2024 年 Scarlett Johansson 的争议：她公开指控 OpenAI 的新语音助理 Sky 似乎模仿了她的声音；而在 2024 年 5 月的声明中，Altman 道歉并表示 Sky 的声音「从未意图」与她相像。Lough 于是从原本的声音克隆扩张成完整的 Altman 深伪角色「Sam Bot」，并前往印度制作；影片也因此走向更离奇但更具启示的路线，并自称与《魔鬼终结者 2》有呼应但没有暴力。
片中也纳入前 OpenAI 安全工程师 Heidy Khlaaf 的警告：她说他们开始看到 OpenAI「试水温」军事用途，而像 Dall‑E 与 ChatGPT 这类系统的不精准让她害怕；OpenAI 则指向其使用政策，禁止将服务用于武器开发、采购或使用等。Lough 最终变得较不悲观：他说 Sam Bot 甚至「哀求活命」，深伪也成了「朋友」，并推测人类与 AI 的真实关系将在日常中普及；他肯定 AI 对非自愿孤独者的帮助，但划下底线：不应用 AI 取代人类。影片由 Hartbeat 与 Vox Media Studios 参与制作，将于 1 月 16 日在纽约、1 月 30 日在洛杉矶首映，之后再全国扩映。
Director Adam Bhala Lough didn’t set out to make a documentary about a digital simulacrum of Sam Altman. After roughly 100 days of texts and emails to the OpenAI CEO with no reply (he claims), and with financiers pressing him to deliver on his pitch, he pivoted to “gate-crashing” OpenAI—briefly slipping in before security physically removed him. The piece is dated Dec 18, 2025, 7:00 AM.
The project’s spark was a 2024 flashpoint: Scarlett Johansson publicly said OpenAI seemed to copy her voice for its new assistant, Sky; in a May 2024 statement, Altman apologized and said Sky was “never intended to resemble” her. What began as a voice clone expanded into a full deepfake, “Sam Bot,” built with help in India, and the film reportedly veers into stranger, more revealing territory—Lough invokes parallels to Terminator 2, minus the violence.
The film also features former OpenAI safety engineer Heidy Khlaaf, who warns she’s seeing OpenAI “dip its toes” into military uses and fears systems like Dall‑E and ChatGPT being used for military assistance given their inaccuracy; OpenAI points to its policy barring weapons development, procurement, or use. Lough comes away more conflicted than anti‑AI: he says Sam Bot “plead[ed] for its own life,” became “a friend,” and suggests human‑AI relationships will become everyday. He sees AI as helpful against involuntary loneliness, but draws a line at replacing humans. The documentary premieres Jan 16 in New York City and Jan 30 in Los Angeles, then expands nationwide.