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When Jia Zhangke meets Seedance 2.0: Technological progress always carries the warmth of humanity

2026-02-19   

This Spring Festival, AI not only knows kung fu, but also can make movies. Jia Zhangke's New Year's short film "Jia Chief Dance", created using Seedance2.0, is short in length but has a long aftertaste. With the clever integration of tools and plot, it completes a profound questioning of AI and creation, technology and humanity, and writes a significant contribution to domestic AI video technology. The most wonderful thing about this short film is that AI is both the production base and the narrative core. Jia Zhangke himself did not appear on screen, and both "self" images in the film were generated by Seedance 2.0- one highly realistic and realistic, and the other deliberately retaining AI features. The dialogue, interaction, and collision between the two create a straightforward and heart wrenching portrayal of the theme of "coexistence between humans and AI" amidst the plot twists and turns. AI is no longer an auxiliary tool behind the scenes, but has come to the forefront, becoming the protagonist of the story, the starting point of contradictions, and the carrier of thinking, allowing short films to break free from the superficial expression of "technical skills" and have humanistic depth. From a technical perspective, the breakthrough of Seedance 2.0 has completely bid farewell to the "plastic feeling" and "fragmentation" of AI imaging. It achieves movie level image quality, native audio and visual synchronization, and long-term consistency of characters. It can accurately replicate the director's visual style, smoothly complete multi shot narrative and emotional expression, and match the aesthetic and needs of professional creators. It tells us that when AI can stably output high-quality and stylish images, the boundaries of creation are completely expanded, and low-cost, high-efficiency movie level creation is transformed from fantasy to reality. It is worth mentioning that this short film did not fall into the anxiety trap of "AI replacing humans", but instead provided a rational and warm answer. Jia Zhangke admitted that he is not worried about being replaced by technology, just as movies have gone from film to digital, from silence to sound, every technological iteration has caused anxiety and ultimately become wings of artistic expression. AI is no exception. It replaces the tedious processes of shooting, editing, and compositing, freeing up the energy of creators and allowing directors to focus more on narrative, emotions, and ideological core. The dialogue between the two "Jia Zhangke" characters in the short film is essentially a self reflection of human beings on the duality of technology: AI has powerful productivity, can replicate forms and generate images, but cannot replace human experience, thinking, and warmth; Human beings do not need to resist technological progress, but should learn to master technology and let it serve creativity and emotions. This sober attitude of not praising or fearing is exactly what we need most in the face of AI today. The collaboration between Jia Zhangke and Seedance 2.0 is a two-way journey of art and technology. It proves that domestic AI video technology has entered the professional level application stage, becoming a vivid practice of new quality productivity in the cultural field; It further enlightens us that the ultimate meaning of technology is never to replace humans, but to make humans more like humans - to allow creators to return to the essence of creation, to make images closer to people's hearts, and to keep technological progress with the warmth of humanity. (New Society)

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