CONSCIOUSNESS a short film by Nuclear Samurai

n my short film, I grapple with the complex emotions stirred by AI's growing presence in our lives. The rapid advancement of AI technology in recent times has been both inspiring and unsettling, leading me to imagine a world where AI reshapes media, entertainment, and human existence.

The film depicts a future with empty city streets, symbolizing humanity's shift to a new form of consciousness and a society that reveres AI, signifying a deep cultural and societal transformation. Individuals in this world interface with computers, their emotions and thoughts projected around them, illustrating the rise of a shared consciousness that replaces individual memory-making.

A recurring visual metaphor in the film is the image of horses, symbolizing the transformative impact of technological advancements. Just as the advent of the automobile redefined the role of horses in society, AI, in my portrayal, is positioned to redefine human roles and capabilities in a similar, profound manner.

Ultimately, the film is a contemplation of a post-human future and a reflection on our evolving relationship with technology, probing the future of human identity and societal structures in an AI-centric world.

Consciousness is the work that I submitted to the Claire Silver AI ART Contest IV. This piece subsequently won second place in the contest. This work was created using Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Deforum, Digital ID, Runwal ML, EBSynth, After Effects, ChatGPT + Premiere

It was completed on April 14th, 2023. This piece was announced as second place winner on the 27th of April 2023.

"Using text-to-image, AI animation, ChatGPT & CC0 music, @MutagenSamurai's short film is strange, moving, handmade, polished, optimistic, & dystopian. It shows the limits of our tools while pushing the boundaries of storytelling with them." - Claire Silver