HOLLYWOOD, CA — A.I.: Apex Intelligence became the first AI-generated movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards last night. The film is a loose remake of Steven Spielberg’s 2001 film A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. The AI movie was created by an anonymous Twitter user who goes by the name @AuteurAutist. He used Q-BRiC (Quantum Bits Rendered in Cinematography), the film-generation artificial intelligence program, weighing the tone and directing style more toward Stanley Kubrick, who was originally supposed to direct A.I. before his death in 1999.
A.I.: Apex Intelligence follows the story of a family after their 11-year-old son Martin goes into a coma from a tragic hoverboarding accident. The parents purchase a “Mecha,” or android robot boy named David, to replace their son during their grieving process. They grow to love David who uncannily emulates human behavior and emotions. But when medical advances allow Martin to miraculously awaken from his coma, the two “brothers” clash and compete with each other for their parents’ love and attention. Eventually, Martin puts an ultimatum to his parents: it’s either him or me.
[SPOILER ALERT] The twist in this version of the movie is the parents choose to keep their robot son instead. The human son was on the autism spectrum and not as emotional or charismatic as his robot brother, who was also more intelligent and empathetic. David was essentially the normal boy they always wished Martin had been. After his parents give Martin up for adoption, he goes on a quest to become less autistic and more human by receiving a series of increasingly invasive cyborg enhancements, hoping to finally become the “apex” son his parents will love.
Version 12.4 of Apex Intelligence won the Oscar. After its initial release to the internet, Q-BRiC used cameras and sensors to measure the facial and bodily reactions of viewers while they watched the movie then re-edited the film to maximize its emotional impact at every moment. The screenplay was written by GPT-9, with visual effects by DALL-E 8, and RoboBach composed the musical score. While no actors from the film won any awards, an AI trained on data from Henry Thomas (E.T.), Christian Bale (Empire of the Sun), and River Phoenix (Stand By Me) was nominated for Best Actor in his portrayal of Martin, the human boy turned cyborg. A deepfake of Haley Joel Osment received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for the reprisal of his role as David the android. But it was a deepfake of Channing Tatum from Magic Mike who stole the show as Gigolo Joe, the android sexbot.
@AuteurAutist did not attend the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood last night to receive his Oscar. He wishes to remain anonymous but has revealed that he is 14 years old and currently attending high school. He claims to have made Apex Intelligence in 15 minutes one afternoon then completely forgot about it until it won the Oscar because he made over 2,000 AI movies last year. He is happy to have won, though he says he personally prefers his adaptation of Jodorowsky’s Dune.