AiMation Studios has released the first feature fully made with AI on YouTube, Where the Robots Grow.

It took the crew of nine ninety days to create it. They used Wonder Dynamics to motion capture actors, replace them with assets, and then skin the assets, backgrounds and skies with AI generated replacements.

Haydn Rushworth interviewed Tom Paton, the director, in Coventry, England. Here he explains how he finances all his self-described “shitty” movies:

Watch Part One, Part Two, Part Three and a bonus studio tour.

My take: the feature definitely has some rough spots. But the democratization of production using AI to assist in all areas is something only those with vested interests will resist.