This is what artificial intelligence thinks alien worlds look like

A "lazy animator" has given a glimpse of what futuristic films might look like if artificial intelligence takes over the job of filmmaker. Digital animator Julius Horsthuis created a fantasy science fiction film using fractals--infinitely complex patterns that are created using an ongoing feedback loop. His latest short film Fraktaal used fractal patterns to automatically generate an alien civilization and landscape. The alien worlds generated by artificial intelligence are made using fractals. "I borrowed the aesthetic from science fiction films, and isolated that into something that I hope will stimulate the imagination into its own spacefaring journey," said Horsthuis.