‘Where The Robots Grow' Is AI's First Feature
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October 2024 marks a milestone in the history of film with the release of Where the Robots Grow , the first feature-length animated film made entirely with AI tools.
This 87-minute film, produced by Tom Paton's AiMation Studios, cost just $8,000 per minute — an unprecedented figure for a professionally animated feature. To put that in perspective, low-budget television animation sourced from overseas studios costs between $10,000 and $20,000 a minute, and it isn't anywhere near the quality of Where the Robots Grow .
From a business perspective, AiMation Studios is taking an unconventional approach to distribution. The film is available for free on YouTube. Paton says this is more than just a creative experiment — it's a business strategy.
With few exceptions, networks, streamers and studios are struggling with debt, high production costs and shrinking distribution and ad revenue. Despite expectations, there was no production boom following the COVID-19 shutdown and strikes by writers and actors. Speaking at an investor event on May 30, Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra said, "We are very focused on AI as a way to produce both films for theaters and television in a more efficient way."
Where the Robots Grow is professionally done. Visually, it's impressive, especially considering the budget. If you weren't told AI made it, you wouldn't know it, which is the way it's supposed to be. People who know what they are looking at will be amazed by what this small team achieved using AI tools like Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion and custom pipelines. The animation is clean and polished, though noticeably better suited for robotic characters than human ones.
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