Film festival showcases what artificial intelligence can do on the big screen

Artificial intelligence ‘s use in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today.

The annual AI Film Festival organised by Runway, a company that specialises in AI-generated video, kicked off in New York Thursday night with ten short films from around the world making their debut on the big screen.

“Three years ago, this was such a crazy idea,” Runway CEO Cristobal Valenzuela told the crowd. “Today, millions of people are making billions of videos using tools we…