This delightful short puts the "art" in artificial intelligence.

What happens when you combine the power of an AI image generator, an 98-year-old woman called Lillian and Harry Potter? The result is 'HAIRY POUTER is a film of a shorter length by Chris Carboni, a director who incorporates ever more whimsical AI-generated visuals with commentary on the classic novel from a very funny nonagenarian.

"Lillian is my grandma," says Chris. "She has always had a close relationship and I've been recording her giving reviews for probably 10 years."

As AI images generators first began to dominate the web around mid-2022, Chris saw the stars meet to create a project that could leverage his hours of listening and assist him in exploring his relationship with this emerging technology. "I was surrounded by doubts about these machines] and I was looking for an opportunity to find out more about them a little bit," explains Chris. "At the moment, I was talking to my grandmother , who was just reading 'Harry Potter,' that I bought for the occasion as a birthday present."

After that, the movie came together at warp speed using a quick crew of "my grandmother as well as my wife, and also our composer and sound designer who was the complete team" And all the rest was (futuristic) history. With the power of AI remain to advance at an alarming rate We caught up with Chris Carboni to talk all things artistic and AI.

The imagery in this video is incredible. What were you using and how did you get this to get these outcomes?

Chris: Then we tried MidJourney at the time of the first version. We started with entering in Lillian's uncut words and then seeing what the program could produce from the only quotes in the interview. We really liked the art style that it had come up with after just a few cycles of creating new images. So, I wrote down the hallmarks of its art direction based off this photo it created.

I believe the first photo that we were shown was Ron who was wafting his hair. He looked stunning. It was a bit of shoulders up and he clearly didn't have a shirt on. He just looked like this kind of beach-god. And then when we had an image of Harry and Ron in a group, the camera posed them almost embracing each other and we were like, "Oh, this is incredible."

It was up to the AI to develop these intriguing interpretations, and when we came across one we liked we coached it to follow that thread to ensure that it will be consistently entertaining and just simple to follow.

What was it like applying AI to this very human tale?

Chris Chris I created this film I had a fair amount of anxiety [about AI]. It was a pleasure working with it for this particular project. I believe that this was a good use case of the project due to using AI was fundamental to the overall story.

That's what made it feel fun and interesting and special. It was kind of about the awkward but delightful connection between AI and humans. This wasn't an instance where we chose to not spend a budget on illustrators and decided to make use of AI instead. It was a story where the use of artificial Intelligence was the basis of storytelling.

What do you think about AI being a part of the creative process?

Chris Chris: There's definitely something appealing about it, however it's gotten obviously so much more complex since these generators are so ubiquitous. They've been fully unleashed, and expanded into the various use cases. This means that the subject is becoming more complex than I think that it was once in terms of my own knowledge and opinions about the topic.

It seems that anyone working in the creative field will have to determine the implications of this for their work, and be prepared to accept the fact that things will likely alter. Along with this change, will bring opportunities to create amazing innovative things. But also the automation of much of the craft we as creatives love. It does make me sad, if I'm being truthful. I worry about art being devalued and commodified further than it already is.

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

Chris: Well I am a huge fan of using AI to enhance my emails and also as a personal assistant that can answer questions, explaining complicated concepts and completing repetitive jobs. For creative tasks but, I'm still not completely comprehend. I certainly don't want to employ it in a way to replace the human artist in my team. The results will not be as high.

A large part of what makes our work so great comes from collaborating with others. A project produced from start to finish with AI is dependent on inputs coming from a person's mind. Some cases may be okay, but more often than not projects benefit from an entire team of professionals that work in tandem, each one bringing their own unique expertise and creative insights into the mix.

The most appealing use-cases I can think of are to generate initial ideas, and kicking off the process of creating. Maybe for raising funding for an idea and displaying the initial concepts for getting something off of the foundation. However, for animation there is a need for a lot of control over the details of your scene in terms of production and artistic reasons. That level of control is probably coming, but it's certainly not quite there yet.