How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Video Editing

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made some huge strides in machine learning and neural networks over the last few years, and it is starting to feature more prominently in the form of chat bots, virtual assistants, and various other applications. However aside from the obvious direct use of AI, it also has a role to play in other areas – and video editing in particular is one application where AI could have a very major part indeed. Possibly the most compelling story of the usage of AI in video editing is that IBM's Watson supercomputer created a trailer that was used to promote a new horror film called Morgan. At first glance the implications of an AI-created trailer may seem huge, but it is important to note that this story was largely a marketing stunt. The real story behind the'AI trailer' for Morgan is much more grounded in reality: The team at IBM essentially showed Watson a large collection of horror trailers that it analyzed and studied, then they showed it the Morgan movie and let it identify scenes that should be used in the trailer.