A zombie virus has overtaken South Los Angeles. Authorities, hoping to contain the outbreak, have decided to barricade the neighborhood, leaving residents to make do on their own. So begins They Left Us to Die, a new microdrama from media company Mansa that runs 30 episodes and is entirely AI-generated.
\n\n“The plague was made here, made on us, on purpose,” says Imani Cross, an emergency room nurse desperate for a cure to help her brother DJ, who’s been infected.
\n\nOn Instagram, the trailer drew mostly favorable reaction when it was released on October 29. A cascade of fire emoji filled the comments section as anticipation mounted. But the following day, as the first episode was set to go live at midnight, new tensions began to stir. Why had Mansa created a show with zero human roles? Weren’t actors David Oyelowo and Nate Parker, the company’s founders, about uplifting artists of color, not erasing them?
\n\n“Mansa was one of the first vertical apps that was supposed to support and cultivate black talent, but here they are … another AI sellout,” said one user on Threads. “Why would any self-respecting casting director, producer, or director ever consider hiring Oleyowo again after this?”
Original source: https://www.wired.com/