Neill Blomkamp irks fans with his new AI short film

Neill Blomkamp released 'Nightborne,' a 13-minute AI-driven short made largely with ByteDance’s Seed 2.0 video model.

The film also used licensed likenesses of real people, but many viewers blasted it online as soulless and overly dependent on AI.

Loosely based on 'Echopraxia,' the project has reignited debate over generative AI in filmmaking.

The backlash shows growing fan resistance to AI replacing human performance and craft in cinema.