AI storytelling is at the 'animated photographs' stage of early cinema, says Tolan's Eliot Peper
every · x · 2026-09-12
In a piece by Every, Eliot Peper, head of story at Tolan, argues today's AI storytelling resembles early cinema's 'animated photographs' — static recordings of plays. Filmmakers soon invented close-ups and effects, building the modern feature film; AI narratives are at that same early stage, awaiting their equivalent of a blockbuster.
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