“[Doomers] opened up a whole new world of philosophical questions about technological ‘progress’, the future of humanity, and who gets to shape it, borrowing heavily from real conversations with big players inside the AI industry.”

“Doomers will be of historical interest for its account of a strange moment in human consciousness.”

“[Doomers] felt like watching a puzzle assemble itself – the characters became ill-fitting pieces forced together or discarded by each other all at once. It’s high-octane theatre tackling the grandest social themes.”

“The story is entirely based in one room, but never feels static, with actors moving in precise lines as though tracked by a camera.”

“DOOMERS continues at the Rose Lipman Building until 3rd October and is heartily recommended to nerds, geeks and aspiring megalomaniacs.”

“The speed with which AI has permeated art is unnerving because of the sacrosanct nature of creativity. But more writers are experimenting with large language models as a way to play around with authorship. ”

“Doomers seizes a crucial, high-profile moment in the recent history of AI to turn it into a reflection on its future and on the collision between money, technology, power, and the dream of building a perfect world. Gasda doesn’t just dramatize corporate intrigue—he forces the audience to sit with the unsettling reality that the people shaping AI’s future may not fully grasp its consequences.”

“At times, it’s possible for an audience member at Matthew Gasda’s play Doomers to feel like a fly on the wall in a San Francisco startup 'war room”

“Philosophical debates, twink lust, and Silicon Valley navel-gazing—Doomers will cover it all. And just as Gasda's players staged Dimes Square in living rooms, they’re performing Doomers in tech tycoon-style apartments, offices, and galleries across New York and San Francisco, reflecting the naturalistic (if cringe) habitats of the Silicon Valley elite.”

“A play that captures the absurdity of tech’s existential hand-wringing while the world burns.”

“Doomers, a new, ripped-from-the-headlines play about the weekend that Sam Altman, the chief executive of the start-up OpenAI, was briefly fired.”