DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF UNCANNY VALLEYS? The AI Film Dreams of Violets Is How You Get Me to Hate Movies.

The facial expressions are trying to convey sadness, but they are wooden, hollow facsimiles. I look at them and feel nothing except disgust. Beyond these uncanny valleys, many of the shots don’t even make sense. How can a man be walking normally while tear gas moves in slow motion behind him? Have these people forgotten how to tie a blindfold? Why is the bokeh flickering in broad daylight? What is even happening in this film?

Tom Rogers, Executive Chairman of Fountain 0 (the makers of the film), says that when he showed “Dreams of Violets” to “one of the most prominent names in the independent film business,” he had no idea he was watching an AI-generated movie.

I am curious to know which clearly blind person they found to say that, because this film is obviously AI generated.

I have a feeling that much of the criticism that will be levied against this mess of disjointed visuals will be accused of hating the topic of the “film,” not the fact it is AI generated. The creators will likely claim that those who speak out against it are actually somehow supporting the tragedy in Iran, which is an easy way to shift the narrative away from having to discuss the real issues.

Right now, AI works better as commercials and campaign videos (such as those made by Spenser Pratt’s supporters), than trying to pass it off as an actual film. But this is still the early days of the technology. As Glenn wrote in 2024, “Of course, the thing about AI is that AI keeps getting better, while people stay about the same…At a sufficiently advanced level of technology, AI will be super-effective at manipulating people, and they won’t even know they’re being manipulated.”