India, Feb. 1 -- Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's AI studio, Primordial Soup, unveiled an animated AI short-form series about the American Revolution titled On This Day 1776 on January 29. As soon as the trailer and the first two episodes dropped on YouTube, viewers expressed disappointment over the filmmaker's use of AI for storytelling.

The project marks a collaboration between Primordial Soup and Google DeepMind. The series tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War using generative AI tools. According to the announcement, the aim of the project is to "reframe the Revolution not as a foregone conclusion but as a fragile experiment shaped by those who fought for it."

Viewers took to social media to share their disapproval. ...