Unlike SceneSkim which analyzes scripts and subtitles for comparatively simple dialogue or scene searches, Val.ai sifts through raw video.

There's a web-based version to try if you want to put Val.ai through the ringer. It isn't perfect though. "Ewan McGregor naked" doesn't return with a listing for Trainspotting and "John Candy with a beard" brings back Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Bad Santa and the Robert Downey, Jr. vehicle Sherlock Holmes -- all which released well after the Canadian comedian's untimely death. Wagons East, one of Candy's final roles and a movie where he rocked a beard, isn't listed whatsoever.

"Ben Affleck broken glass" correctly lists Gone Girl as its first search result, showing off how powerful the AI's scene-analysis can be, though. But on the other hand, it isn't the only result: the laughable Devil written by M. Night Shyamalan is listed too -- a movie Affleck wasn't even in.

It's still early days for the tech, however, and Valossa is quick to point out that the Alexa integration is still in beta.