Demis Hassabis and Darren Aronofsky met in 1999 when they were invited to speak at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London about the future of storytelling. At the time, Hassabis was a video game developer; today he is CEO of Google’s DeepMind AI lab and a Nobel laureate in chemistry. Aronofsky had released his debut feature Pi in 1998 and would go on to direct the Oscar-winning Black Swan and The Whale. Now, his new film company, Primordial Soup, is joining forces with Hassabis and DeepMind to produce short narrative films using AI. Three are already in the works.
德米斯•哈萨比斯(Demis Hassabis)和达伦•阿伦诺夫斯基(Darren Aronofsky)于1999年在伦敦的当代艺术学院(Institute of Contemporary Arts)相识，当时他们受邀就叙事的未来发表演讲。那时，哈萨比斯还是一名电子游戏开发者；如今，他已是谷歌(Google)DeepMind人工智能实验室的首席执行官，并获得了诺贝尔化学奖。阿伦诺夫斯基于1998年推出了导演处女作《π》，此后又执导了获得奥斯卡奖的《黑天鹅》和《鲸》。现在，他的新电影公司Primordial Soup正与哈萨比斯及DeepMind合作，利用人工智能制作短篇叙事电影，目前已有三部作品在筹备中。