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Can AI have a positive impact on film making, or does it spell the end of human creativity in film?

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Two films which show different sides to the way in which AI might impact film making. Can AI produce a better script than a professional scriptwriter? And can AI be trained to authentically convey human emotions?

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s moving drama follows a grieving couple who welcome an AI robot made to look exactly like their dead son.

Introduced by Kevin Howlett

When the world’s most powerful supercomputer takes control of the nuclear arsenal, one scientist discovers that the machine has plans of its own.

Joaquin Phoenix falls in love with his AI assistant in Spike Jonze’s tender, funny and surprisingly prescient sci-fi romance about what it means to be human.

Introduced by Kevin Howlett

British comedy about a lonely inventor in rural Wales who builds a towering robot companion out of a washing machine and some spare parts, and the odd, heartwarming friendship that follows.