Of Course Grimes Is In The First AI Film To Screen In US Theaters

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, various moneyed interests continue to believe that people actually want to watch AI-generated movies. In the past few years, some filmmakers have humiliated themselves by experimenting with AI, ending up with things like Steven Soderbergh's John Lennon documentary that got viciously panned at Cannes earlier this year. Now, a fully AI-generated movie is set to open in US theaters, and you will not be shocked to learn that Grimes is involved.Zack London, a YouTuber who goes by the name Gossip Goblin, is the force behind Gods Don't Give Gifts, a new AI-generated sci-fi anthology. London is independently distributing the movie, which is set to open Dec. 4, and he's also submitting it for Best Animated Film Oscar contention. According to Variety, the picture takes place in the "science-fiction, horror-tinged world of the 'Second Cycle of Humanity' where transhumanism has accelerated to the point that humanity looks very different." Here's the utterly incomprehensible trailer, which made me want call in sick for the rest of the day and go just lie down for a while.Y! Entertainment describes Grimes' appearance in Gods Don't Give Gifts as a "cameo." If you make a cameo in an AI-generated movie, do you actually have to show up someplace and perform in front of a camera? Or do you just have to sign off on it, and then someone types your name into a prompt? Here's how a press release describes her character: "Grimes plays Zayinth Alda — a disaffected NiiroCore aristocrat and niece to Caen Halvorith, inventor of the Substrate Migration Protocol — who pays a visit to a dealer of dreamspools in the slums of East Cinder." I have been staring at that sentence for a few minutes now. The letters dance in front of my eyes. My brain is pure static. Nothing means anything.Hey, we've got a clip! Check it out! Grimes as Zayinth Alda, a disaffected NiiroCore aristocrat and niece to Caen Halvorith, inventor of the Substrate Migration Protocol! Let's go!Cinema! Is Grimes' acting AI-enhanced in some way, or is she just that good?