Mnemosyne 2039 | Feature Length AI Film - Episode One

[@ckandemir8876]

Finally an AI-generated video that feels like a real movie, not just a random mashup!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Yep that was the idea :) Thanks for watching!

[@ChrisKingston69]

I was trying to condense my thoughts for a comment and you nailed it perfectly.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

@@ArsMechanicaProductions I wish that my digital art could look this good.

[@realDarKarma]

Can't wait for Part 2~! Great creative push. Civilization... it's a thing...and it never stays still for long.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@SCHOOLERstyle]

🤣LOL i create better animations on my channel than any of this AI generated JUNK!

[@thedayisnigh5886]

@@SCHOOLERstylehaven’t seen any episodes on your channel only short clips

[@dannyjingu]

The facial consistency is amazing!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you. Main characters' faces are deepfaked. You lose some micro expressions using it though, but it can only get better from this. Thanks for watching

[@gangatalishis]

It’s pretty insane how far it’s gotten, in 3 years we won’t even be able to tell the difference. Pretty scary tbh.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Oh yeah it's definitely starting to enter into that scary territory.

[@HoreKjøretøyet]

thats the hollow

[@HoreKjøretøyet]

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[@KnifePhD73]

Three years? How long has it taken to go from basic still 3D images to this? Meet me back here in a year and we'll laugh at this like it was a game of pong.

[@TotalDec]

In 3 years, we might have hollidecks. Kids will think movies are for grandpa.

[@rainbow-celtica-native]

visually sumptuous if you are into cyberpunk....danke

[@curioushumanity]

I stumbled across this while looking for Culver Cup winner Mnemonade just to see what winning AI generated films look like. My AI agent watched and summarized this film for me. Saving me the trouble. I then gave the summary to another AI agent to ingest saving me even more time. Thanks technology.

[@markstedmon8534]

Pretty awesome can't wait to see, episode #2

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching

[@claudioroberto7876]

I like very much of the first sequence

[@carno350]

One of the best use of AI in movie making, very few make content like this, but i got a feeling this is just the beginning ;)

[@nrthshor8586]

Tripped onto this 😎👍

[@jpford3430]

That was awesome great job!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@Xertion]

This is the best "Feature Length AI Film Series - Episode One" I have ever seen in my life.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Highest compliment ever!

[@oxomoclimbing]

Absolutely.....congrats

[@xaltotungreat2000]

WOW! Impressive! Even the lip sync feature more or less works. Great work! They should create an Oscar for AI films.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you. Needs a few years of improvement to get way better but I'm pretty sure someone will come up with ''AI Oscars'' down the line haha

[@van1196]

Nice work! Can’t wait for episode 2.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@DamienValentineKoguntetzu]

Okay, this is pretty epic. Fairly good story writing, even though some things were typical AI mumbo-jumbo. The animations, while flawed at times, are incredible for being publicly available AI tools. More importantly the teaser at the end for what to expect in season one has me super hyped, those were some pretty impressive mechs.

[@SCHOOLERstyle]

🤣LOL i create better animations on my channel than any of this AI generated JUNK!

[@mikecoshan3752]

The officer trying to flirt with the beautiful Miss Nightingale was a lovely touch.

[@brianjmarotta1766]

This will completely shut down Hollywood in the next 10 years. Amazing work! Amazing! I would love to see a full Nier Automata movie look like this!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thanks! People all over the world will have access to some amazing tools in the near future for sure. I totally wanna see 2B kicking ass in some crazy live action movie haha

[@JukeHighwalker]

You're pathetic...

[@BXR_Archives]

In the next 100 years.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

Hollywood is completely artistically bankrupt, mostly reboots & recycling previous glories anyway.

[@SCHOOLERstyle]

🤣LOL i create better animations on my channel than any of this AI generated JUNK!

[@seminamer]

I could not imagine where beyond AI can go in the future. Amazing series w/ fx, sound.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for the kind words, man! And thanks for watching!

[@ranmarius]

Wow this good. It's like watching a story mode on video games

[@CyberCrot]

👍💪😎Отлично🔥🎉🔥Жду следующих Эпизодов 👏С нетерпением 🗿Дерзай 🤗😉

[@stephensmith6660]

This is awesome! Can't wait for more

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@MusicbornAlpha]

Can you make a video about what was difficult with the current tools and your opinions creating this film?

[@Jcush21]

To paraphrase some old dude I heard once, "We've taken our first step into a larger world." 😉 Well done. Now I need to go back and play 2077 some more. 😄

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you! One of the best games ever!

[@ericchild8845]

Outstanding. I would like to see more of this.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you so much! It'll get way better as technology improves. Thanks for watching!

[@solorion1234]

Wow, fantastic!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

I'm happy you liked it :) Thanks for watching!

[@FilmSpook]

Stunning Work, an instant subscribe, my Good Brother!!! Thanks for creating this Masterpiece.

[@alhowell4732]

Awesome, would love to see episode 2 😎👍🏻

[@McGrumpus]

Yup, the many bits of the puzzle are yet to be slotted into right places. Good looking effort so far.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@NEURAMos]

Dude, you can tell right away that a lot of work has been done! Few people make such long AI films! This deserves a like and a comment! Cool film!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you. Tech is soo limited currently that it's pretty hard to find workarounds but hopefully it'll get much better in the near future. Thanks for watching!

[@axtelnemeth8456]

can't wait to see the next one ^_^

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@jackfroste]

The AI rendering of the "Stride" based off NEOM City is stunning and beautiful. Other scenes also very well composed. The first person shooter scenes were more like xbox gaming but acceptable.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Hahaha thanks, glad you caught that! Honestly, I was surprised that AI could produce even those action scenes with its current state. That was the hardest thing to do as there's so much wonkiness and morphing currently, it really prevents me from doing what I really wanna do so have to find many workarounds. It will surely get way better at it though.

[@SCHOOLERstyle]

🤣LOL i create better animations on my channel than any of this AI generated JUNK!

[@KhayanLewis]

Very Creative and Cool!!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@oliverlabares8549]

Amazing, thanks for sharing...

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@iceyjo]

Very well done. I have a script for a movie but I am waiting for the tools to get better. Hollywood's days are numbered. I see a Spotify for movies coming soon.

[@voidryder1632]

Very impressive. Hope episode 2 drops soon.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

We're now trying to combine real scenes with AI to see what more can be done with the technology so it's gonna take some time but it'll be so much better :) Thanks for watching!

[@timbraswell2189]

Absolutely amazing 🎉🎉 Great work u are becoming a pioneer for the AI film revolution

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you! Better tech has arrived so will be able to do better stuff :)

[@hezekiahwashington-f2h]

the best ai syfi fantastic

[@1gafsaederies83]

Stunning stuff

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you so much!

[@Gearhead6971]

Besides the mouth movements and realistic feeling( sounding) conversation being slightly off; looks pretty fn real

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Give it 2 years, that's when we enter some whole new territory :)

[@scrapmetal4429]

That was so cool!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

You're cool! Thanks for watching!

[@PatrickWolfM]

The script is better then quite a few popcorn movies i've watched and the AI is quite watchable and engaging. So pretty exciting and scary what this will do to the movie industry over time

[@CallowXayne]

It’s a very unique experience. Congrats. I’m looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you. Yeah it's an AI experiment honestly to find out what more we can do :)

[@olternaut]

For AI, this ain't half bad. It's only going to get better from here...and quickly!

[@ViraaCinema]

Wow! Just wanted to take a moment to congratulate you on pushing the boundaries of AI for sci-fi! 🎉 It's truly incredible to see what you've achieved, especially considering the current limitations of tools like Runway ML and Hailuo AI. Sure, these models can only generate short clips (usually just 5-10 seconds), so to craft an immersive story with realistic visuals takes a lot of dedication and creativity. It’s easy to underestimate the challenge until you try it yourself. For anyone unfamiliar with the process, achieving even this level of realism is a phenomenal feat given the constraints and rapidly evolving AI tech. The fact that you’re able to bring such quality together in a cohesive way shows your skill and your commitment to the craft. Can't wait to see how you keep pushing these tools to new heights! Keep up the great work! 🚀✨

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

And all the people said " Amen "as the cinematic industry steadily scavenges itself into irrelevance.

[@johncunningham4820]

That's Amazing . Stylish and Bleak and Incredibly well done . Instant Sub . Can't wait for the next part .

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@JackBWatkins]

I have seen a lot of AI generated video and your work is amping the best.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you so much! New tech is coming so it'll get way better.

[@2Cats_ina_Trenchcoat]

Honestly this is fantastic. It's clearly AI and the brain picks up on it almost instantly, however that does not make this any less impressive. The performances, both visual and voice are still pretty wooden. There's a very noticable lack of emotion and nuance. I'm not sure a computer will ever be able to match a genuinely emotional human performance. I applaude the creators. Well done. This must've been a ton of work.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you. Yeah it's so limiting right now with tons of issues. But better tech is coming rapidly and currently we're shooting real scenes with real actors and experimenting with novel ways to combine them with AI (which I think how AI will be used in the future in tandem with real filmmaking). Thanks for watching!

[@blueslsd]

Been waiting for this, Just imagination is the limit!!!!!!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

It's crazy, right? Next 5 years will be insane :) Thanks for watching!

[@ThousandairesClub]

*i think this is the future of AI FMV films 👍 every choice you make generates a new scene....infinite choices means infinite scenes* 👌

[@ShannonJosephGlomb]

haha this is awesome what another little daily ai christmas presents thanks guys much appreciated :)

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@王钧-l1n]

excellent work!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@Guy331]

The future of "Girls and Guns" stories !!! It's simply fantastic. I'm waiting for new stories with great impatience !

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Hahaha thanks for watching!

[@Giuseppe01-g2x]

It's simply fantastic!!! I knew this day would come!!! I knew that in a short time I would witness a short film made with AI!!! It was really good!!! Congratulations!!! I don't understand a single word of English and yet I couldn't take my eyes off the screen!!! My biggest regret is that I can only press the like button once!!!

[@DrakeMonroe]

*Awesome Sauce!*

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@Ultimonas]

Quite impressive!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@canebro1]

This is amazing. While I could nitpick effects all over the place, and the plot was fairly disjointed, the overall end product was fantastic. I am amazed at how we went from minimal movement one minute trailers to this in a matter of weeks.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Pretty crazy how fast it's improving :) Yeah problems with the flow is not AI's but my fault as I had to butcher my own story to make it work in long format with the limited tech somehow :) Thanks for watching!

[@tonygreenfield7820]

Better than most Hollywood output these days.

[@DennisFrancispublishing]

Nice job. Just think; Ars Mechanica will look back at this in 2026 and feel embarrassed. This tech is moving at light speed.

[@PraneshRai-q9z]

If you could time travel back to 60s,70s or even early 2000s and show this to movie makers and explain to them how this was all generated by A.I they would've never believed.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Totally! Now imagine somebody from 2050 showing us a videogame or the state of AI :)

[@wolfiemum461]

They knew this was coming just did not have the technology

[@steveanton763]

After you showed up in your time machine from the future I think it might be a bit anti-climactic.

[@Space-Affairs]

That - is - INSANE! Cyberpunk 2077 on a new level. What you put out of the A.I. Tools is really astonishing. I saw Amos Burton (The Expanse) for some seconds. ;) If you make a series out of it, which will then increased over time in technology to make the humans more humans, a call from Apple will be granted to you. It is to see with what A.I. does have problems, human hands and mimics, and letters. But nothing can be perfect. How long you worked on that? Great work!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you so much. Amos was the man haha! This took about 2 months to make but I think I was trying to do too much with the limited tech at the time so couldn't achieve what I really wanted to. It's an experiment though. I'm shooting some real scenes with real actors to combine with AI for episode 2 so we'll see how far we can push things now that better technology has arrived :) Thank you for watching!

[@williamholten2088]

Brilliant!!!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@BillyRocker4]

Μνημοσύνη - Mnemosyne is sometimes known as Memory, which, however, was another deity. It is the personification of memory in Greek mythology. She belonged to the Titanides, was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus and the mother of the Muses from Zeus.

[@michaelbullock7747]

Nice job.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@danforesman2627]

Got to say so far I loved the anthem snippet and the interrogation. It's haunting as you think about it

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Yeah that was my thought as well. Thank you for watching

[@spook.easy.ai.]

FIREEEEEEE

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@ChubiPanda]

What was the production cost of this episode? How does it co pare to a big budget TV series?

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Well it took 2 months to make so if you total the subscription fees I had to pay for various software.... around 400-500 bucks :) Thanks for watching!

[@lexloose2112]

BRAVO!, Excellent, i really enjoyed that, keep it going please

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@timobrien2813]

Impressive! Thank you.

[@howardbonds5106]

Tis is amazing! Its very impressive!

[@CKidd-cn8ii]

Boy the AI has a lot to learn about human emotions. They were all drones. With that being said, not a bad start to AI film making but a long way to go.

[@AlanAJRoberts]

Impressive!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@enriquesojo571]

perfect

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thanks for watching!

[@SphereBeingAlliance]

This is amazing, we have been considering using AI for some of our cut scenes in our game and in some of our upcoming film properties.You earned my Sub.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Awesome! Thanks for the feedback. This tech is rapidly developing and although it's so far away from what it can become in the future, you could definitely use some AI to bring certain scenes to life, especially abstract images or landscape shots. That's why everyone is more focused on making short trailers and just cool shots. Problems become much more noticeable when you actually try to go for filmic stuff or have realistic actors interact with each other. Thanks for watching!

[@daveallison5784]

Great job! I especially like that the female lead is not portrayed as a

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you for watching!

[@volcano-catonyoutube8706]

The 'WAT' guy with the SWAT team? If he'd turned out to be Samuel L.Jackson, I'd have been happy... But amazing work, I'd love to see where this will take us in just a year or two!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Hahaha, thanks for watching!

[@EightSox-l2q]

These happy dingles berries were keeping the best from me. 🎉

[@izazkhan9027]

Impressive!!! I will subscribe to your channel. It’s just the beginning of AI but still, you have done an amazing job with this short film. Good work. Keep it up!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you so much. It's definitely at its infancy but the innovation is coming so fast it's becoming impossible to keep up with it.

[@10Sambo01]

Impressive!!

[@SmokeShadowStories]

0:57 Left-handed salute. Way of saying FY to newbie officers.

[@EndroYuwono-c2w]

Super Awesome! Thanks its inspired us.. PS: WTH ITS ALL ABOUT??

[@ondrejantos3993]

I paid to download this 0 bucks, amazing wark, you are going to make future a history with this. Have that feelin at least.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you! Better tech has arrived so will definitely get better at it now :)

[@chrisherber1635]

Sorry, this question might have been answered already..are the voice actors and music/sound AI too?

[@carno350]

all AI brother

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

All footage and most of the sound effects. Only 3 of the songs are AI generated. Thanks for watching!

[@AxiomTheory]

​@@ArsMechanicaProductions no human performance like open ai

[@AxiomTheory]

​​@@ArsMechanicaProductions no human performance like Altered Ai?

[@scetchport]

Sorry Ai, is BS. DAMN THE LOT.

[@DamonBrown-fq8bn]

DAMN !!!!!!!!nuff said

[@zeroc45]

Well you guys are really pushing the boundaries of what current consumer AI available technology could do, the visuals are pretty good, there is definitely so much potential the more AI technology improves, great work, It would be awesome too if you guys release a video commenting about the challenges and what did you learn from this that I am sure it is a lot

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you! The technology is impressive but still very impractical and hard to work with when you attempt to make filmic stuff with continuation and consistency. But you're right it's definitely improving at a rapid pace and things are gonna get exciting and scary in the near future. I'm planning to make a video explaining the workflow, software, etc. Thanks for watching!

[@lengchai27]

10 or 15 years tops, (if we do not kill ourselves with a WW III ) and the AI generated movies can be nearly as good as the real ones. The techology doing huge leaps in this area.

[@Giuseppe01-g2x]

I believe it will be 10 to 15 months...

[@lengchai27]

@@Giuseppe01-g2x It seems a little bit optimistic to me. :) We'll see.

[@vincentangel3791]

Over time, we humans can create our own movies.

[@Adrenaline416]

And Google will make billions of dollars from them. Going to be an interesting fight in the future.

[@Lost-In-Blank]

Really good, I loved it. Most of it was better than real. More beautiful than real, more complex than real. The shoot-em-up scenes that begin at 24:00 are the only parts that really need re-doing.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you so much. I fully agree that shootout scene is subpar, left it there as a showcase as this AI experiment was meant to see what could be done with AI for now (apparently it can't do action haha). I'm thinking of doing mocap and AI overlay for action scenes next which will transition much better and way more realistic. Thanks for watching!

[@ChrisKingston69]

New subscriber here. Keep up the good work! I'm looking forward to Episode Two.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Welcome aboard! This technology just started to crawl and I hope to make the episodes way better as it improves. Thank you for watching!

[@ChrisKingston69]

@@ArsMechanicaProductions I've read a handful of positive comments; like myself everybody is thrilled with the technology in Episode One and emerging new technology is happening fast for future installments of Mnemosyne 2039. This storyline is brilliant.

[@Vidyut_Gore]

Amazing work. How long did it take you to make it?

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you! On and off about 2 months. I realized I was trying to push the current limited tech too far too late :)

[@Vidyut_Gore]

@@ArsMechanicaProductions Well, that's not bad for a "filming schedule". lol. It's a lot more than I'd expect and must have taken endless patience. On the plus side, now you'll be ready for when the tech gets there. Shouldn't be too long now.

[@HakanUğurMercan]

I am currently watching the evidence of the first moment we started to see where the world was heading.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Future is exciting and scary :) Thanks for watching!

[@oradoughball]

How about every science fiction book and film about the world's end up until this moment?!

[@alonsotglima9494]

(using translator) Congratulations on the video! My friend, what an interesting piece of work! It must have been hell to make this 32-minute video, but it turned out really well! I've been wondering for a while now why people haven't started making short films using AI. Some scenes are robotic, but I liked the framing, angles and especially the "actors", they were great. I wish you much health and success, and keep impressing!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you so much for your kind words my friend! Yeah, it was an experiment to see if it could be done. There are so many issues and wonkiness but technology is getting better so rapidly I had to start from somewhere :) Thanks for watching and I wish you back so much health and success!

[@martinheidegger517]

Nightingale is ideal beauty. Simulacra is here, what would Baudrillard have to say today?

[@chiyang3749]

AI messed up the fingers of the black suit lady, AI isn't very good at determining how many fingers a normal human has

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

AI still doesn't understand human anatomy well :) Thanks for watching!

[@TamaraBlount-m2v]

Caught that too, at the 10:14 ish mark! Looked 'off' so went back and doublechecked.

[@phineasmagnus]

Exciting to see the progress, even if this was painful. I definitely respect the leaps and bounds being made and would love to see my books utilize something like this some day.

[@JulianSirian]

Seriously... this is brilliant... Don't suppose you can tell me which AI websites you used? Just thought I'd ask...

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thank you and of course. Image generator is Midjourney. Magnific for upscaling the images. Runway, Luma and Kling for animations, but minimax came out right after I uploaded the movie and it's pretty good if you wanna check that out as well. Sync labs for lip sync. Eleven labs for ai voices. Magic hour ai for faceswaps and Udio for music generation. Also used topaz labs software to upscale everything to 4K.

[@skelious]

Very interesting, ty for sharing this vid. How often is this series get episodes?

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thanks, we're shooting real scenes with real actors to combine with AI to experiment how much we can push the technology so it'll take a while for episode 2. Thanks for watching

[@laurieedeburn2449]

thanks 4 reel

[@larrynla]

AI is very useful as a HELPER for creatives. It can create a VIDEO STORYBOARD to give filmmakers a rough idea of the finished movie. That is like the graphic storyboards that some filmmakers use every day. But AI is a long way from being a SUBSTITUTE for professional filmmakers.

Why isn't this great project in IMDb yet? It deserves to be highly rated!

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Haha thank you. We're shooting real scenes with real actors to combine with AI for episode 2 to see how far we can push it. As tech gets better we might get closer to actual full production movie quality perhaps :) Thanks for watching!

[@Ron_DeForest]

Very well done. Besides a few finger issue the AI was very good. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

AI still doesn't get human anatomy well :) Thank you for watching!

[@bob1986]

It's certainly impressive but it still looks a little uncanny in many places. Still nice job you did.

[@ArsMechanicaProductions]

Thanks! Yeah so many issues right now, technology needs a few years to get much better but future does look promising. Thanks for watching!