Can artificial intelligence create a good film script? Swiss filmmaker Peter Luisi wanted to find this out and turned his AI-generated script into a film with real actors. In doing so, he wanted to spark debate about the use of AI in the film industry. Now, he's found his film being kicked out of a London cinema where it had been due to be screened in late June.
The Prince Charles Cinema in Soho got cold feet after the film's promotion was met with much criticism on social media. "It's a shame," Luisi told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa). "I don't think bowing to these comments is the right way to go.
But I respect this." "The Last Screenwriter" tells the story of a screenwriter called Jack who is shocked to discover that AI writes better scripts than he does. "Hello Jack, I'm your new screenwriting assistant," a female voice from a glowing white smart speaker-like device says before being put to work.
"I've always believed that storytelling is an art form that cannot be replicated or replaced," the film's protagonist later says in a trailer that suggests quite the opposite is true. Since the film was shot with real actors in real locations, the audience doesn't actually notice the use of AI. Luisi told dpa his goal was to ignite a debate about how AI is forecast to transform the film industry, for better or for worse.
Various professions within the film industry, from soundtrack composers to digital effects producers and entire production crews, have been speculated to be at r.