The interstitials of TED2025: Humanity Reimagined helped answer the question: “What are humans for in the age of AI?” Showcasing the work of creatives from around the world, these shorts offered an uplifting and, at times, humorous response to anxieties around AI and the state of the world, highlighting how humans always find new ways to innovate, create and thrive.
The following shorts were curated for TED2025 by TED producer CC Hutten in collaboration with Flux Festival creative director Jonathan Wells.
OK Go — “Love”
Directed by Damian Kulash, Aaron Duffy, Miguel Espada
The TED audience got an exclusive first look at OK Go’s brilliant new video the day before its public release. The intricately choreographed “Love” was filmed in a single continuous take (number 39) inside a historic train station in Budapest, using 29 robotic arms and 60 mirrors.
“Submerged”
Created by Jason Zada based on TED2025 audience prompts
Jason Zada is an American filmmaker, creative technologist and creator of the viral “Elf Yourself” holiday season advertising campaign. In an inspired collaboration at TED2025, he took prompts from the audience to create this generative AI video. Featuring a sock with googly eyes, a beaver with a monocle and a steampunk futuristic world, this experiment shows that human creativity matched with AI can have wondrous results.
“Ready/Not Ready” — An AI experiment for TED2025
Directed by Ari Kuschnir, founder of m ss ng p eces
Ari and m ss ng peces have been connected to TED since 2007, when they were first invited to film and share TED with the world. This year, Ari was commissioned to create one of his AI short experiments, and he chose to explore the question: “What would happen if an alien came to Earth now (and gave a TED Talk along the way)?”
