By creating a fake horror film using AI and posing as a real David Cronenberg production, this director has drawn the ire of fans. miscalculation.
Was the buzz call stronger than the rest? A fake horror movie created with an online AI tool has been causing divisions for the past few hours.
Fake David Cronenberg film created by an AI
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about AI, what it can do, and what it could do in the years to come. Like a manga created by Midjourney, a music video director, Keith Schofield wanted to fool his world, but it backfired.
What did Keith Schofield do to be the enemy of twittos? He published one Ton d’images of a horror film, Galaxy of Flesh, which would have been directed David Kronenberg (Fly, Death zone...) in 1985. A lost project that turns up again decades later? No, this is a hoax with recordings made by the AI Midjourney (a research lab and the name of the artificial intelligence program it designed).
The problem is that David Cronenberg is not an unknown director and he has an audience that has followed him since his debut in 1969. And inevitably, Keith Schofield’s deception didn’t go over well with Cronenberg fans.
Congratulations on stealing art to make a fake film that looks nothing like the work of the man you portray as such.
above @firagawalkwthme etc GamesRadar.
At some point you should be ashamed.
above @rolensolitario etc GamesRadar.
Using AI to create a fake movie that doesn’t even mimic the director’s style has to be one of the worst uses of technology I’ve seen in a while.
above @GrustanCoff etc GamesRadar.
Artificial intelligence soon everywhere?
This isn’t the first time AI has taken over the world of cinema. Photos of Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn for Joker 2 began doing the rounds online last month, but they too were artificially created from existing snaps of the singer. ArtStation artists denounced this process, challenging Epic Games, which was not further upset, and responded that AI was not banned on the platform.
For other uses, we can cite Microsoft’s desire to revolutionize Windows or students using ChatGPT technology to cheat. Even the video game is affected as the AI could eventually transform your RPGs.