Comment by hamdingers
2 months ago
If this (tragic, dystopian, abominable) future comes to pass, why would we store movies at all?
Just distribute the prompt and I'll generate my own movie on the fly, with my own tweaks of course.
2 months ago
If this (tragic, dystopian, abominable) future comes to pass, why would we store movies at all?
Just distribute the prompt and I'll generate my own movie on the fly, with my own tweaks of course.
It's funny to me that I work in film and have more hope and imagination over the use of this technology than people who (presumably) don't make films at all.
As long as humans have dreams it won't be like that. The human spirit and desire to connect to others and tell stories doesn't just suddenly die.
I think the very best lens to look at it is that all of the tens of thousands of kids that go through film school and never get to bring their VFX-heavy fantasy to life now suddenly have voice to match their ambition.
Is this meant as a response to my comment (which was an obvious joke) or were you just looking for an opportunity to soapbox?
The downvotes are a good sign. If AI didn't promise massive artistic disruption -- the sort that threatens to put real creative power into the hands of outsiders -- no one would object.
Look at the history of photography itself to see an example. "But... but... but my portrait-painting skills will be obsolete! Somebody do something. Waaah."
Your comment left me incredibly annoyed because I think you fully misunderstand the relationship of AI to art.
> If AI didn't promise massive artistic disruption -- the sort that threatens to put real creative power into the hands of outsiders -- no one would object.
Putting creative power into the hands of outsiders isn't important. In fact, creative power is currently in the hands of outsiders. You do not need a cinema studio to make a good film. There is nothing stopping most people from making a good feature length film and putting it up on YouTube except for their willpower, spirit, and creativity.
The bottleneck on great art has never been technology but the creative vision of the individual. Increased AI presence in art will do nothing to alleviate that bottleneck.
With that said, I am not bothered by the emergence of AI or its applications for any kind of art. I'm just a realist. It will enable equally enable both the great and the shitty, so in the end it is a wash.
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We could market books as movies by marketing them as long consistent prompts. Moviebooks.