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Hollywood’s A.I. Judgment Day

A pre-Oscars report from the epicenter of the A.I. filmmaking revolution.

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The idea that A.I. filmmaking is on the cusp of replacing, or even displacing, traditional films and television feels far-fetched and a long way off. Photo: Paramount+
Baratunde Thurston
March 10, 2024

Just a few days before the Oscars, eight miles west of the Dolby Theatre, I drove to the old Nuart Theatre on Santa Monica Boulevard to glimpse what may be the future of filmmaking in Hollywood. It was a screening of Our T2 Remake, an almost entirely A.I.-generated parody of James Cameron’s Terminator 2. I had stumbled across the film while watching one of my favorite YouTubers who covers A.I. and, without overthinking it, bought two tickets.