Neill Blomkamp Releases 13-Minute AI Film NIGHTBORNE, Citing 32 Real Faces and Voices
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Updated · Kotaku · Jul 20
Neill Blomkamp Releases 13-Minute AI Film NIGHTBORNE, Citing 32 Real Faces and Voices
3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jul 20
Summary
Neill Blomkamp on July 20 unveiled NIGHTBORNE, a 13-minute short he called his first full AI-film test, made with Seedance 2.0.
32 real people supplied faces and voices, and Blomkamp said he has been experimenting with AI for a couple of years before aiming to make a full feature in the format.
The short is unrelated to District 9 and instead follows a Syria-set military sci-fi plot involving a helicopter crash, implants and zombie-like soldiers.
The release puts a prominent sci-fi director more openly behind generative filmmaking as debate over AI-made art, labor and creative value continues.