On This Day… 1776 is a short-form series executive produced by visionary director Darren Aronofsky which dramatizes some of the most pivotal moments of the Revolutionary War… and it’s AI. On This Day… 1776Aronofsky is producing On This Day… 1776 through his AI-focused production company, Primordial Soup. “This short-form historical series reexamines the American Revolution at a time when the idea of independence was far from inevitable, ” reads the description. ”The Trailer for Aronofsky’s New SeriesThe series features SAG voice actors alongside AI-generated visuals. So here’s the uncomfortable question: could an AI trained on mountains of historical data capture the spirit of an era—and its people—better than the old-fashioned human approach?