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| What if text prompts enabled anyone to make a blockbuster movie, or even an entire box-set’s worth of TV? That is the promise of AI. This technology could one day prove as transformative to the movie business as sound, colour, or even the camera itself. Generative AI can already make videos in seconds which would normally take a visual-effects artist days to create. However it has yet to master photo-realistic video. The people at the forefront of this tech say it is only a matter of time. 00:29 How does AI-generated video work? 02:43 How long until feature films are generated by AI? 03:57 Can AI-generated videos be photorealistic? 04:36 How revolutionary is AI in film? 05:05 A dystopian threat to jobs or democratisation of the industry? Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3MkUK8f Art made by artificial intelligence is developing a style of its own: https://econ.st/40n7Sj4 Watch our film about how AI is changing the entertainment industry: link to previous N&N AI and entertainment film How AI image-generators work: https://econ.st/47dOw1T Watch more of our Now & Next series https://econ.st/47ezw3E A battle royal is brewing over copyright and AI: https://econ.st/3Qilzef Disney’s troubles show how technology has changed the business of culture: https://econ.st/46SvmPq |
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