Google Goes Bananas
Ever improved Ai offerings continue to rain down on us. This time its the formal sounding Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, but more affectionately known as Nano Banana. Last month I talked about consistency of characters and subjects, and how it has been a major shortcoming of Ai generation in images and videos. Google have added […]
Documentary Competition 2025
Documentary Competition 2024 The annual Documentary Competition was held in September 2025. The films and discussion completely filled the evening, and the attendees had a great evening of entertainment and education. The competition is a great opportunity for our members to showcase their talents and have the opportunity to discuss their work with their peers. […]
Group Challenge 2025
The Group Challenge was open to all members of the Surrey Border Movie Makers Club from the four video making groups; Weyfarers, Pioneers, Oddbods, and Pathfinders. There were three simple Rules: #1 The videos could be about any subject, but must include at least one image. An orange, a hat, or a Mirror. #2 The […]
Welcome to 2025 – Ai News
The last year in Ai has been a real roller coaster ride, with twists and turns, resulting in massive changes in Ai development with its progress accelerating at an exponential rate. Possibly the most important image today is the one that shows the evolution of Human intelligence compared with that of Artificial intelligence. This chart […]
Demis Hassabis Ai Nobel Lecture
https://youtu.be/yxAJohm0l_g?si=Fz5JslR6CNLP3KpF Nobel lecture with the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2024 Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind, London, UK. Introduction by Johan Åqvist, member of the Nobel Committe for Chemistry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. From: The Nobel Lectures 8th December 2024 Ai Home Page
OpenAi o3 (and AGi?)
Open Ai has just announced o3, a successor to their earlier model o1. Their o1 was only announced about 3 months ago., all of which shows that far from slowing down, as some have suggested, the rate of Ai development continues to accelerate. The image above compares the performance of o3 to the earlier o1 […]
Annual Members Competition 2024
Judges Comments: “The dissolve to the opening big close up of our character reveals straight away that the making of this film is in the hands of a good story teller.”
“The frame matching of the spoon and the paddle, brilliant. We could go on and on picking out great moments in this film.”
Dr Geoffrey Hinton – the godfather of Neural Networks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGJpR591oaM This BBC interview from May 2024 reveals the thinking of one of the most senior experts on Ai – a man who is considered to be the ‘Godfather’ of Ai, and was recently awarded the Nobel prize in Physics because of this work on Neural networks and Deep Learning. Professor Hinton’s belief is that […]
Move 37 : Dreaming of Electric Sheep
‘Move 37 : Dreaming of Electric Sheep’ by Jim Reed ‘I made the video primarily because I’ve found it quite frustrating that when makers of expensive electric tooth brushes and cheap toys label their products with the magic words Ai, many people then presume that all Ai must be marketing hype. Or that Ai is […]
Documentary Competition 2024
Documentary Competition 2024 The annual Documentary Competition was held in September 2024. There were 5 entries: Full Moon Festivals by Peter Stratford 11’49” Duck Racing by Colin Lewis 5′ 35″ Spitfire Experience by Paul Ashworth 11’49” Isle of Mull by Ric Swift 5’00” Move 37 : Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Jim Reed 18’22” The […]