I’m usually here to show you amusing robots doing backflips. This week, something heavier - and possibly more significant.
On Wednesday, the Tribeca Film Festival screened Dreams of Violets — the first fully AI-generated feature film ever shown at a major festival. Seventy-five minutes. No actors. No sets. Total budget: around $2,000 — less than most agents spend on a window display.
It’s a docudrama about this year’s protests in Tehran, made by exiled Iranian director Ash Koosha, who says AI was the only way he could tell the story: “the dead deserve to be witnessed”.
Watch the trailer. Yes, you can still spot the AI seams. But two years ago this technology could barely manage a coherent face. A feature film, at a major festival, for the price of a sofa.
In case you hadn't noticed yet, this is going to change +everything+. Best think about how it's impact hit you.
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