AI is creeping into the visual effects industry – and it could take the human touch out of film and TV

By AD Narayan, Visual Effects Artist and Lecturer in Digital Communication, Auckland University of Technology
Angelique Nairn, Associate professor, Auckland University of Technology
Duncan Caillard, Postdoctoral research fellow, Auckland University of Technology
Justin Matthews, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Popular Culture Researcher, Auckland University of Technology

From the mind-bending reality warps of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) to the breathtaking alien vistas of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), visual effects have transported us to worlds beyond imagination. Yet the future of visual effects (VFX) could hang in the balance as artificial intelligence is subsumed into screen production processes.

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