New Yorker short 'Josh's Wedding': friends reckon with one of their own building AI
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-09-26
The New Yorker released a short documentary, Josh's Wedding, in which a high-school friend group reconnects for a wedding and confronts the fact that one of their own is designing AI technology.
Its sharpest line captures the mood: "I'm excited that he's doing something that he loves. It's a pity that it's going to destroy everything that I love." An intimate cultural snapshot of the rift between AI builders and the people around them.
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