10 november 2024
The first full-length AI animated movie: how much it cost, how it was created, and audience reaction
October 2024 was a landmark month in animation history with the release of Where the Robots Grow(Where the Robots Grow), the first feature-length animated cartoon created entirely using artificial intelligence tools. This 87-minute movie was created by AiMation studio under the leadership of Tom Paton and cost $8,000 per minute, an unprecedented amount for professional animation. For comparison, low-budget television animation created in studios costs between $10,000 and $20,000 per minute and does not reach the level of quality that Paton managed to achieve with a team of nine people. Paton, who has a background in visual effects, wrote, produced and directed Where the Robots Grow. The story is set in the distant future, where robots are sent to cultivate a new planet, preparing it for humans. The protagonist, a robot farmer named Crewe, finds a capsule with the last...