About this episode

The episode discusses recent news events and explores the quality of AI-generated short films at the Cinema Shift Festival.

We catch up on the news - including the long-awaited ouster of Keir Starmer in the U.K., the slow death of the CBC in Canada, and the DSA victories in New York. Then, Will offers a report on the Cinema Shift Festival, an event ominously described as "Canada's First Curated AI Narrative Film Festival." So just how good (or bad) are AI-generated short films nowadays? Do real filmmakers have anything to fear? The answer may not surprise you. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus/posts/725-artificially-162311924

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Savage, Will Sloan

Topics covered

• politics
• media
• AI
• film
• Canada
• U.K.
• DSA

Keywords

• Keir Starmer
• CBC
• DSA
• AI films
• Cinema Shift Festival
• Canada
• U.K.

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBC, DSA

Books & works: AI Narrative Film Festival

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