A new season of VFX Notes is here!

November 4, 2025

It’s called ‘The Rise of AI Robots’.

Welcome to the newest season of VFX Notes, where we’re looking at a bunch of AI-related films in history and their visual effects. What better way to start than with Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

Hugo and I jump right into the film, breaking down the design, ILM’s intricate tracking and matchmoving for the robots, ILM’s miniatures, the creation of Teddy and other animatronics by Stan Winston, and the advent of early virtual production previs.

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