EBS's "AI Classics: 100 Books That Changed History"

A lecture on Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince," brought back to life with artificial intelligence (AI), won the top prize at an international AI awards ceremony. EBS announced on November 13 that "AI Classics: 100 Books That Changed History" had won Best AI Documentary at the AI Film Awards Bali, held on November 7.


AI-Revived Machiavelli Wins Top Prize at International AI Awards View original image

The winning entry was the program's episode on "The Prince." It presents as a first-person lecture the classic work of political philosophy that Niccolo Machiavelli, a diplomat in Renaissance Florence, wrote after being tortured by the ruling powers and exiled. The lecture expounds on the harsh realities of politics, including the maxim, "A prince must have both the strength of a lion and the cunning of a fox."


AI Film Awards Bali is the Bali event of the international AI Film & Ads Awards, which honors films, advertisements, and video content made with AI. The AI Documentary category is open to works made entirely with AI. Its judging criteria include AI innovation and clarity.



"AI Classics: 100 Books That Changed History" is a humanities and liberal arts project that uses AI to bring to life the key ideas and significance of classics that changed the course of human history. It is based on the "100 Books That Changed History" list selected by EBS's reading promotion advisory committee. Producer Lim Sijin said, "It is meaningful that the format of restoring historical figures with AI to lecture on classics has been recognized for showing the potential of new educational content."


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