This charming movie puts an emphasis on the "art" in artificial intelligence.

How do you blend the power of an AI machine that generates images, a 98-year-old woman called Lillian and Harry Potter? It's called "HAIRYPOUTER," the short film created by the director Chris Carboni. The film is a mix of ever-more whimsical AI-generated visuals along with an ode to the classic work of a hilarious nonagenarian.

"Lillian is my grandmother," says Chris. "She has always been a very close relationship and I've been reviewing for a few more years."

As AI image generators began to take over the internet in the middle of 2022, Chris saw the stars meet to create a new business idea that would leverage the many hours he spent recording as well as help him understand the significance of this emerging technology. "I had conflicting feelings about [these generatorsthat I wanted to explore] and was searching for an opportunity to find out more information about them," explains Chris. "At this point, I was talking with my mother-in-law who had just finished reading 'Harry Potter' which I had bought her for her birthday. I gave her a book as a gift."

The film began to come together thanks to a fast team which included "my grandmother, along with my wife and I along with our composer and sound designer, that was the full team" - - and the rest of the (futuristic) in. The capabilities of AI are constantly evolving with the speed of light and we caught up Chris Carboni and discussed the art of AI.

The quality of the images in this video is amazing. What tools did you employ for the final results?

Chris: Then we tried MidJourney when it was at its beginning. It was first necessary to enter Lillian's uncut words and see what it could create using only those words from the interview. We loved the artistic design that was created by just a few rounds of making new pictures. So, I wrote down the hallmarks of the artistic direction that were on the basis of this image that it created.

I believe the first photo that we received was Ron with his long hair that was wavy. It was amazing. The look was shoulders up and he clearly did not have a shirt. He looked like a kind of holiday-goer. When we came across the image of Harry and Ron together, it posed they were almost hugging and we thought, "Oh, this is wonderful."

The AI was allowed develop these intriguing theories, when we came across one we liked we coached the AI to stick to that path, to ensure that it could remain interesting and easy to follow.

Did it feel like applying AI to this story that was based on human experience?

Chris Chris I was making this film I was a bit of worry about AI in general. It was a pleasure using it on this project. I believe that this is a fantastic use-case the project as the application of AI was fundamental to the whole story.

It was entertaining, interesting and unforgettable. The story was about the awkward but delightful relationship between AI and human beings. The project was not one where we chose not to hire illustrators but decided to employ AI instead. The story was one in which AI was essential to the story's telling.

Do you think you're comfortable with AI becoming a creative force?

Chris: There's certainly something attractive about it. However, it's becoming more difficult since the generators are so ubiquitous. The potential of these generators has been released and extended to various uses. This means that the subject has become a lot more complicated than I thought that it used to be based on my personal experiences and thoughts regarding the subject.

I think that anybody who works in a creative environment must find out what this means on their job and also be ready to acknowledge that things are probably going alter. Along with this change, will be opportunities for doing extraordinary new things. But as well, the automatedization of a lot of the tasks we creative people love. This makes me a little sad, but I'll be sincere. I am worried that the art is going to be diminished, and become more easily attainable as it is.

Are you planning to use this technology for your job in the near in the near future?

Chris Chris: It's great to make usage of AI to improve my email and as a sort of personal assistant who can respond to questions and provide explanations for difficult concepts, and managing repetitive work. To help with creative projects, however, I'm still unsure of. I do not have the intention to use it in a way which will replace the human potential within my group. It is my opinion that the results aren't as great.

The majority of work we do comes from collaborating with people. The entire process from beginning to finish using AI relies on the inputs of a single brain. At times, that's okay however, most of the time, productions benefit from the expertise of a group of specialists who work conjunction, with every one of them bringing their individual expertise and unique ideas to the table.

Some of the most intriguing use cases I have seen are those that generate concepts in the beginning, as well as starting the process of creativity. Perhaps for raising funds to develop an idea or display the concepts at the beginning in order to help get the idea up and running. However, for animation, it's essential to have complete control over the details of the scene for creative as well as production-related motives. This level of control that you require is on the way however, the control isn't there yet.

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