AI can’t replace human storytelling, Ekwuazi tells filmmakers

By Oluseye Ojo

Professor of Broadcasting and Film, Hyginus Ekwuazi, has said Artificial Intelligence may be revolutionising filmmaking, but it can never replace the human creativity, emotion and storytelling that make great films endure.
He made the disclosure in the keynote, titled, ‘AI is Everything, But the Story is the Thing,” which he delivered virtually during the international conference, organised by the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN) in Enugu on Friday.
The former Vice Chancellor of Dominican University, Ibadan, urged filmmakers to embrace AI as a powerful creative tool without losing sight of the central place of compelling storytelling.
Ekwuazi said although artif...