From AI agents to cinematic universes - Building Characters and Worlds with AI

What happens when we stop treating AI agents simply as tools and start designing them as characters?

Through projects such as GAIA and 2147, Cris Olmedo explores how AI can be used to create agents with personality, backstory, voice, memory and a world to inhabit. The talk looks at how character design, conversational AI, visual storytelling, physical installations and filmmaking can come together to build coherent fictional universes and experiences people can genuinely connect with.