If you needed more convincing that Darren Aronofsky is only in the movie business to make people uncomfortable, then buckle up, because his next spectacle once again pushes the envelope in a way nobody asked for: A web series about the Revolutionary War, produced with AI.
Aronofsky’s AI production company Primordial Soup (yes, that’s the real name, and yes, it’s exactly as pretentious as it sounds) has unleashed On This Day… 1776 upon an unsuspecting world. The short-form series, created in partnership with Google DeepMind and distributed through Time Magazine’s YouTube channel, promises to recreate pivotal moments from America’s founding year using the magic of, uh, artificial intelligence.
