What happens when an AI actor completely bombs an audition?

Sergio Cilli — the Emmy-winning director behind the viral “Director Auditions AI Actor” series that’s been cracking up filmmakers, actors, and AI geeks across the internet.

If you’ve seen those painfully funny videos where a director tries to audition a photorealistic AI actor and the performance goes completely off the rails… that’s Sergio.

Using real prompts (often displayed right on screen), Sergio puts today’s AI video and generative AI tools through their paces — revealing the uncanny, awkward, and sometimes hilariously broken reality of AI acting.

On this episode of Tom and D, we talk with Sergio about the rise of A ...