Darren Aronofsky’s ‘1776’ AI Video Series Is Unhinged, and I Can’t Look Away

I’ve been low-key obsessed with Darren Aronofsky’s AI-drenched video project On This Day…1776 since it landed out of the blue on YouTube in late January.

As a narrative, the ongoing series of short videos tracks select events throughout the United States’ birth year, when the outcome of the looming revolution was