The movie "Chef" ends with Old Man Po, the chef of a Chinese restaurant, defeating a robot.

"Chef" is a short movie created by Chinese students with a mostly Asian cast. The short film was produced by American Film Institute (AFI) producer student Yi-Hsien Teng and written by Yi-Hsien Teng and Vanessa.It is a short film set in a Chinese restaurant that provokes humanistic and ethical thinking about the future of artificial intelligence.On October 17, 2019, it won the 2019 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences student Academy Award for Best Domestic School Feature Film Award.

The emergence and development of artificial intelligence is or will be a huge impact on the division of labor in society, and many people worry about whether their jobs will be will be replaced. The story of "Chef" takes place in the not-too-distant future, where all mechanical labor has been replaced by robots, and Old Man Pope, a chef at a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles, must teach a new robot to cook Chinese food. The robot, however, cannot learn the free-spirited spirit of Chinese cuisine. Meanwhile, protests against artificial intelligence are intensifying everywhere.

Behind the Scenes of the Making of "Chef"

Tang Yi-Hsien mentions the spring of 2018, when she and Vanessa were having a headache trying to write the script. That's when she cheered and said, "Think about how cool it would be if this movie won a student Oscar someday." Little did we know that such a joke would come true. Chef, which the two wrote together, won the award for best domestic school drama.

The idea for the short film came from Teng Yi Hsien, who explained that the story was inspired by Grandpa's braised chicken. Her mother once told her that even though grandpa taught her how to make the dish, she just couldn't get the flavor. Deng Yixian therefore wondered if cold machines could make that flavor if they took over human dish-making in the future.

There are a plethora of rules and regulations that govern filming in the US, and are part of the financial outlay for the "Chef" crew; Gengan said the camera scene required road closures, police to ensure safety, and the presence of paramedics, which were all rules that had to be followed.