Passing Through the Anarchic Phase

Artificial Intelligence is a remarkable gift—one that stirs a dual sensation in humanity: the dread of its threats outweighs the lure of its promises. AI is everywhere: in science, art, medicine, industry, humanoid robotics… with ellipses that seem endless. Humanity now stands in anxious anticipation at the threshold of a new era, gazing into a foggy landscape both radiant and uncanny.

But this is not the first time. In recent centuries, the Industrial Revolution—and later, the information explosion—transformed everything from labor to identity. It may sound like speculation, but perhaps the discovery of fire or the invention of the wheel once stirred similar tremors in the human spirit.

What makes today’s moment more complex is the explosive development of AI, combined with the rise of emerging media—a convergence likely to unleash an anarchic wave in the realm of filmmaking.

In the 1980s, VHS technology enabled home video production and sparked the illusion of a democratized cinema.
In the 1990s, digital photography brought cameras everywhere, eventually feeding platforms like TikTok and Instagram—where even selfie culture claimed victims.
Footage was suddenly ubiquitous: eager, careless, messy—sometimes absurd, sometimes aggressive.
And yet, high-quality and professional cinema endured, perhaps even expanding its audience.This time, however, AI may take on a new role: bearing the weight of creative shortcomings and lack of technical mastery.

The result? A flood of short and feature-length films pouring onto platforms from YouTube and TikTok to even the widescreens of traditional cinemas at a pace never seen before.