You Can't Tell What's Real Anymore. Here's What Comes Next - Cristóbal Valenzuela, Runway

Runway's first AI film in 2019 was 128x128 pixels. Today, people can't tell generated video from real footage. Runway co-founder and CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela explains how next-frame prediction at scale teaches models physics, object permanence and how the world works. He then shows what happens when those models become real-time and interactive: world interface models, robotics, and Continuum, an early research prototype where anything on your screen can become a live, interactive video. 0:00 Intro 0:50 Runway's first AI film (2019) 1:49 State-of-the-art video today 2:48 Video as next-frame prediction 4:04 What video models learn: physics and object permanence 5:54 From video to simulation 6:54 Making world models real-time and interactive 7:59 Robotics and world interface models 10:04 Extrapolating forward: Continuum 13:45 Visual thinking for coding agents 15:05 Live, reactive experiences 16:08 Everything will be simulated Cristóbal Valenzuela, Runway: https://runwayml.com Join us in SF for the second annual AIE CODE summit: https://aie.codes our last flagship summit of 2026. Applications live now!