No longer a backstage player, AI has taken center stage in art and video. A recent paper from Sai Teja Erukude at Cornell maps how generative technologies are reshaping traditional art forms, from painting and photography to dance to crafts, simultaneously expanding creative possibilities and stirring complex ethical, cultural, and economic debates. “The future will be determined by human choices about how to govern AI so that it becomes a mechanism for artistic evolution and not a substitute for the artist’s soul,” Erukude writes.
Art by @doopiidoo
In filmmaking, AI is rewriting the rules. Tools that turn text into images, images into video, or generate 3D worlds and avatars, now let directors merge real footage with imagined elements. The result: dreamlike sequences, surreal narratives, visuals that were impossible even a decade ago. Far from replacing creators, these technologies open bold new paths for storytelling and cinematic imagination.
A new generation of AI video artists treats these tools as playgrounds for critical play, strange beauty, and conceptual experimentation. Their work blurs sincerity and irony, narrative and abstraction, drawing from sci-fi, digital culture, and the surreal textures of everyday life. Worlds built entirely from imagination, fluid, unpredictable, and evolving, entertain, challenge, and disrupt, pushing the boundaries of what moving images can do. Here, AI isn’t just a tool; it’s a collaborator in creation.
My focus here today is on the creatives uses of these tools but suffice to say that with the release of Soro 2, there is a huge uptick in ai slop videos which raise a lot of ethical questions. A recent headline from the Guardian – OpenAI launch of video app Sora plagued by violent and racist images: ‘The guardrails are not real’ – I will let you read it for yourself.
Art by @rin_ai_cinematic
For this issue, we invited the uber talented @rin_ai_cinematic to curate and spotlight a few of the many voices driving AI video art forward, choosing five favs who are really pushing boundaries.
“Most of my existing works explore themes such as “the mechanization of the human body” and “the humanity of robots.” In more popular terms, I focus on how AI technology is shaping the future world. I believe these seemingly far-fetched scenarios will soon become part of our everyday lives. My works reflect both my imagination of the future and my worried predictions about it. That’s why most of my creations lean toward darkly humorous dystopias or utopias with a dark undertone, though I have also made a few optimistic or romantic utopias. As AI tools keep evolving, I look forward to diversifying my themes even more.” – Rin
Explore his work and read an excellent interview with Rin here and check out his tips for making video art here. This is a two page spread.
Art by @rin_ai_cinematic
Rin was invited to show this work at the exhibition “humAIns“ curated by @screeners_bln , which was screened at @venturecafeberlin in CIC Berlin, on October 9.
Prompt Magazine, in collaboration with CoMeta, announced the 15 international finalists for the Best Digital Art Video Award, to be screened at the Burano Artificial Intelligence Film Festival (BAIFF) on October 18, 2025, at the Auditorium Fondazione, The Home of the Human Safety Net in Piazza San Marco, Venice. The selected works explore themes like memory, transformation, identity, and human-machine perception through AI-driven visual storytelling, spanning hallucinatory cityscapes, generative documentaries, and experimental sound sculptures. The winning film will be revealed at the event, and all featured artists will appear in Prompt Magazine Issue 16 (November 2025). Admission to the screening is free with reservation, underscoring BAIFF’s growing reputation as a leading platform for AI and digital art in cinema. Link tomore information.
The 15 shortlisted artists for the award 15 Artists in Shortlist
@andreaciulu
@andreameregalli
@byarlooo
Beatrice Mai
@atzilul
@xbureau.creative.studio
@creaturefromtheblack
@marcosmicozzi / @hefprentice / @desmond_cheese
@akuratnie.visual
@vandalo_ruins
@pillart.ai
@seethroughstudio
Yeh Che
@yzavoku
@w.e.i.d.i Roger Luo
YZA Voku is also one of Rin’s picks for Issue 13 of aithena art mag.
Art by @yzavoku
Issue 13 Featured Artists
For this issue, we invited the uber talented @rin_ai_cinematic to curate and spotlight a few of the many voices driving AI video art forward, choosing five favs who are really pushing boundaries.
@n.evernow -Mystical rituals infused with technology, paired with a captivating poetic aesthetic.
Dazzling and experimental visuals, driven by impactful concepts, creating captivating viewing experiences by @ai.artisin.ai.artisin
@dexplore.ai – A brilliant creator of sci-fi worlds. Tense, imaginative storytelling with astonishingly high production quality—hard to believe he releases one film every single day. One world a day. Watching his work feels like a luxurious gift.
@yzavoku -Surreal, magical, and elegant cinematic works. Deeply inspiring.
@doopiidoo – An artist who has already created their own cult-like following. Unstoppable innovation and explosive, unpredictable imagery – satisfying both aesthetically and as entertainment.
Together, these artists push the bounderies of gen ai video art. Click on each name to see samples of their art works.