AI film-making could expand creativity and experimentation – but it could also do the exact opposite. We must be vigilant to avoid cinema being overrun with artificially created schlock

A shiver of unease, combined with a strangely defeated shrug, is how the news that entertainment behemoth Lionsgate has signed a deal with the artificial intelligence firm Runway seems to have been greeted by most.

The deal gives Runway access to Lionsgate’s substantial back catalogue to develop a new AI model, with the aim of helping film-makers to “augment their work” through the use of AI.