Darren Aronofsky's 'Ancestra': A New Era of AI-Generated Filmmaking

The article discusses Eliza McNitt’s short film Ancestra, created using AI models from Google, highlighting both the potential and current limitations of generative AI in filmmaking. While AI helped reduce production costs and team size, it also raises concerns about job displacement and the technology's current inability to produce compelling narrative art. The film serves as a showcase for AI's capabilities and limitations, emphasizing that the technology is still in its early stages and primarily used for hype rather than groundbreaking cinematic storytelling.