Ethan Avila

I want to change what AI art means. A first look at my next short film, The Sirens.

Nothing reminds you to appreciate life when your 4090 suddenly doesn’t work.

ChatGPT can now make GIFs. If they could only make it 24 fps, we could have another video contender, but they would probably shelve it 👀

What do people mean by fast fashion, I've been using the same jacket for 10 years.

What does "bypass the human blood-brain barrier" even mean?

Colors make me happy Samarah & the Androids

This was one of my early AI experiments. It started with two voices and one image, no character references. The faces degrade over the video, but I liked how it deals with a delirious cyborg mind. The aesthetic tries to convey this chimeric figure and the angelic. The story is based on “Third Man Syndrome,” where in extreme situations, mountaineers, polar explorers, shipwreck survivors, and others near exhaustion or death sometimes sense an unseen person accompanying them. Sometimes the presence seems to guide, comfort, or encourage them to survive.

I wish there was a communal AI film where a scene was made by a different person, different style.

Prequel hate is so forced

Modern education isn't about information, that's fixed. It's about experience and framing. Tools exist, but the reason, manner, and philosophy behind their use changes everything, which can only be learnt with a mentor.

Sirens will be out next week

AI is widening the creative gap. Creative people are exploding, while others cannot generate interesting ideas even with the best tools, which must be frustrating.

My video was inspired by Christina’s World (1948) by Andrew Wyeth. Christina couldn’t walk and refused a wheelchair, pulling herself across the ground with her arms. Wyeth painted her determination to live on her own terms.