Ancient Works
BAIFF 2025 School Award - "Ancient Works", winner of School Award at BAIFF, is a comical short film that explores with tragic irony how artificial intelligence could rapidly disrupt traditional jobs and the entire world of work. The story centers on a lovely horse who works as a rocking horse for a child who is the company's boss. The horse is bored by his job and the monotony of his daily routine, but this is abruptly interrupted when Cuby AI enters the scene, a sophisticated robot that, thanks to artificial intelligence, can transform into any toy. At this point, an unequal race against time and AI begins, to reinvent himself in other professions, leveraging his skills and abilities. However, artificial intelligence now learns quickly, and no sector is immune. Ultimately, only feelings make humans different and special from machines (the final scene, however, suggests that even this could change). The video is ironic, but also reflects on current issues, such as "the fear that artificial intelligence will replace all jobs, including the most unlikely ones," "people's ignorance about what AI really is," "the difficulty people have in keeping up with AI," but also "the lifestyle and work habits of both managers and workers in the 1980s and 2000s (hence the "08 and 80" that appears on the alarm clock, symbolizing the workers stuck in that world), which in some ways is still relevant and on the verge of being overturned by AI." The short film is created entirely using artificial intelligence tools and combines cartoon and realistic styles. The film's images, as well as some plot points, are created using Chat gpt. The videos and many of the sounds are created using Kling AI. Editing and post-editing, as well as the video's music, are done using Cap Cut.
