Could AI win an Oscar?

AI art has been evolving at a rapid pace. In a few short months images, sound and increasingly video have all become so realistic it’s hard to tell what’s created by humans verses machines.

The release of SORA, Open AI’s text to video model, has sent shockwaves through the film industry. Movie mogul Tyler Perry reportedly halted an $800 million studio expansion because he saw what SORA was capable of. He feared he was wasting his money. He thinks that AI will, ‘touch every corner of our industry”. He’s not the only one…

People are worried. Aleks and Kevin speak to some of them. They ask - will actors become obsolete? Will we create every location against a greenscreen? And if these elements go, what next? The whole ecosystem of filmmaking suddenly feels very fragile. Could this be the biggest change the industry has seen since it’s inception? The thing is, film can often represent the most human of moments and interactions, and the bottom line is that audience. Will people want to watch movies that have been mostly generated by AI?

In this episode, Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong want to know: 'Could AI win an Oscar?'