Artificial intelligence is already ubiquitous in people's lives, bringing dramatic changes to virtually all sectors of the economy, and cinema is no exception.
A science communicator from Yemen, Hashem Al-Ghaili, known on social media for his videos and news about technology and scientific breakthroughs, has published a short fiction film created entirely by artificial intelligence.
Al-Ghaili made use of the Brightpen.ai platform, which, based on his specifications, wrote the script, justified the artistic concept, generated the voices, suggested special effects and "participated in the decision-making process", according to the author of this project.
Only the background soundtrack belongs to a living person – Thiago Nugent.
The subject of the 10-minute film is centered around the appearance of gigantic alien spaceships in Earth's orbit and the decisions that world leaders and governments have to make in a very short time. The film has no actors, but uses Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping as protagonists.
Artificial intelligence also inserted scenes with humor – with Donald Trump – but the ending is still tragic.
The author of the project does not specify what the film's budget was, but we learn from Brightpen.ai that a subscriptions for the tools offered by the platform vary between $10 and 40% monthly.
The short film entitled "Last Stand" can be viewed for free on YouTube and other media sources.