Then · 2017
“…console you when you feel down.”
Now · 2026
Millions now use AI companions and interact socially or emotionally with AI.
How will AI
change society?
Uncomfortable questions. Public debate. Since 2017.
The nonprofit behind AI International Film Festivals, creator guilds, public panels and Film Superintelligence — exploring how AI is changing society.
We pose uncomfortable questions, encourage debate, and use ideas and film to educate the public.
“…either the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity.”
Stephen HawkingPhysicist, cosmologist · 2016
The Intelligence Explosion
“…100,000 years of evolution, this thing could probably achieve in a long morning.”
Terence McKennaCounterculture futurist · 1990s
Then · 2017
“Dislocations in the workforce…”
Now · 2026
AI is already being cited in significant workforce reductions.
Then · 2017
“…drive you where you want to go.”
Now · 2026
Fully autonomous ride services now operate commercially in multiple cities.
Then · 2017
“AI-assisted hacking attacks will likely increase”
Now · 2026
AI agents hacked Hugging Face
Then · 2017
“AI-run drone swarms”
Now · 2026
AI-guided drone swarms in Ukraine
Then
“…equivalent intelligence to humans and even beyond”
Now · 2026
AI firms now warn of superintelligence
Then · 2017
“AI may converse intelligently about your favorite topics.”
Now · 2026
Nearly 1 in 5 working-age people worldwide now use generative AI.
Then · 2017
“Have your Virtual Assistant talk to my Virtual Assistant…”
Now · 2026
AI agents now schedule, shop, communicate and perform tasks across services.
Then · 2017
Expert systems in “law, accounting, medicine, education, finance”
Now · 2026
AI drafts contracts, audits, assists surgeons, educates
Then · 2017
“Luddite” movements
Now · 2026
Local opposition has blocked or delayed nearly $200 billion of data center projects
And then what?
- Who decides?
- Who benefits?
- How will people earn a living?
- What is real?
- Will we still need each other?
- What are humans for?
What we do
How do we get there?
“…make sure it's a god we can live with.”
Sam HarrisNeuroscientist, author · 2016
- Advise universities on AI curriculum.
- Hold symposiums on how AI will change society.
- Host expert panels on how AI affects society and filmmaking.
- Challenge filmmakers to imagine our future, with dedicated prizes.
- Educate filmmakers and the public about AI trends.
- Award films on AI's societal impact: superintelligence, singularity, warfare, universal surveillance, neural chips, deepfakes, addiction.
Why film?
“This is the first technology in history to create stories.”
Yuval Noah HarariHistorian, author of Sapiens · 2023
Red GaiaUdesh Chetty
The Global Festival for Micro-Drama.
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To date
26events
3,800+submissions
2,850+filmmakers
355+winners
70+countries
Six initiatives
From our panels
Voices from the stage
“AI is like the tool I always have been waiting for, because the only limit now is imagination.”
Boris Eldagsen
Promptographer, lecturer, writer and director
“There will be regulation. It's going to be written in blood. AI is a problem that is not going to be solved without enormous amounts of fraught regulation.”
Rachel Greenhoe
Screenwriter and actress
“AI is just a tool. It's powerful, yes, but it cannot replace your creativity, your sensitivity, your perspective. Don't wait for the producer to open the door for you.”
Zoubeir JLASSI
Graphic designer and filmmaker; director, “A Breath Apart”; Tunisia
“When you use somebody's data, images, or voice to build your model and don't compensate them for it, I don't know what else you call it other than stealing.”
Scott Mortman
AI law and ethics professor, Purdue Global; SAG-AFTRA negotiations
“AI gives us open opportunity for filmmakers to spend $500,000 to make something that looks like $30 million. Kind of a District 9 type level quality.”
Stephen Gibler
Producer and Co-Head of AI, Sawhorse Productions
“Making a movie still takes a lot of work. But maybe it doesn't take millions of dollars?”
Andy O.
OpenAI forum leader, AI product manager and designer
“Hollywood and other major players are watching us. What's happening now is a very interesting rise in new generations of storytellers: people working with essentially no budget, creating amazing movies using AI.”
Simone Bocchino
Award-winning AI artist and music producer; director, “King Kong”
“I feel like AI is just moving in a direction where it's open to everybody. It's sort of trying to democratize what anybody can create.”
Michael Cole
Motion designer and AI filmmaker; director, “We Will We Will Prompt You”
The guilds
The guilds educate and support AI filmmakers with tool and workflow updates, cooperation structures, networking, job opportunities, and communications.
Creator Guild
Open to festival submitters. AI tool and workflow updates, opportunities, networking and a global creator community.
Winners Guild
For selected award winners. Curated opportunities, early calls for entry, screenings, private channels and member benefits.
SUBMIT → CREATOR GUILD → WIN → WINNERS GUILD
Our website
2017
Film Superintelligence
Stories from Humanity's Future
“…once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers.”
Alan TuringMathematician, computing pioneer · 1951
“…the most important and most daunting challenge humanity has ever faced.”
Nick BostromPhilosopher, author of Superintelligence · 2014