I tried Runway, a buzzy generative AI platform that lets you transform images and videos with text. The results were not what I expected.

• Runway is a generative AI platform with tools for transforming images and video clips. 
• The platform was used in the Oscar-winning movie "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
• Runway has now made some of its tools publicly available. Here's my experience trying them out.

Back in high school, I took a graphic design class during which I learned to use Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. My image editing experience ends there — and I haven't even touched video. 

Theoretically, that makes me an ideal candidate to test Runway, a generative AI platform that aims to make photo editing and filmmaking more accessible to the general public.