An AI's So Sad Because He Can't Drive a Maserati

Most humans can't, either. Those cars are hella pricey

“There is one thing I will never understand: How it feels. The rumble. The scent of burning tires. The wind on my face. The feeling of … driving!”

Pity Leonardo the AI. He’ll never climb behind the wheel of a Maserati Nettuno and experience the thrill of a drive along the ocean.

Oh, his bot-brain might burrow inside the $240,000 car’s systems and take control one day. But that’s not quite the same thing. Right?

Dude Milan and Studio FM used AI to fashion the film, which does a nice job flipping expectations, making the AI burn with envy.

At one point, Leo’s eyes blaze with digital fire, Star Trek-style, like he’s yearning to kill all humans. Ah, bots—they’re such kidders.

Breaking today on social, the work takes a topic on everyone’s mind and puts it bang on brand, with Leonardo’s plight giving humans the advantage. For now.

In a triumph of sorts for fleshbags everywhere, a living, breathing actor formed the basis of Leonardo, Dude GCD Chiara Monticelli tells Muse.

The performer’s image was “digitized and integrated into AI environments. This approach ensures respect for actors’ professionalism while allowing brands to embrace new technologies in a transparent and responsible way.”

The project “relied on a combination of different technologies rather than a single prompt to generate the perfect shot,” Monticelli says. “It began with a photorealistic replica created through AI pipelines—such as LORA and ControlNet—to reproduce the features of a real person.”

Traditional tools like Photoshop and Nuke aided post production. Machine-learning synced the voice-track and visuals in order to “accurately replicate the actor’s facial movements in every scene,” she says.

The film’s title “Do AIs Dream of Driving?” suggests Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the basis for Blade Runner. Nothing dystopian there at all.