The automation of video editing processes with artificial intelligence (AI) is a flourishing field of research, whether the purpose is to save labour, or motivate the emergence of unexpected ideas. Informed by theories on human-like reasoning, problem-solving and learning, these technologies can produce video sequences without much human intervention. In this article we showcase the design and implementation of a system that sequences video datasets based on semantic correlations with natural language. Our system generates videos automatically with tractable principles for montage, removing the human editor – if and when they want – from the process of individual element selection.
