The streamer said in an earnings call that, due to the show's lower budget, it was cheaper to use AI than to pay VFX artists.

Surprisingly, Sarandos said the company already did it, on an Argentinian sci-fi show called El Eternauta, a graphic-novel adaptation known as The Eternaut in English-speaking markets. For a scene showing a building collapsing in Buenos Aires, Netflix's tech team worked with the filmmakers to generate AI footage that was used as final footage.

Netflix shared that its show The Eternaut used generative AI to create a VFX shot during its latest earnings call.