No they are not. They are helping rip off delusional investors who think this will amount to more than slop.
But consumers eat up the slop?
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Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
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Re: Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
#42If you haven't been following the current explosion of video gen models, including all the content you see on social media, you should pay attention. I have no doubt in my mind that right now, in August of 2026, given a couple of weeks, an amateur with a high-end last-gen GPU or somebody with maybe a thousand bucks worth of AI credits, given a good amount of exploration/tinkering to fill the gaps that GenAI cannot cu…
If I'm understanding correctly. Replacing low budget advertising slop is the priority over replacing $100m movie budgets simply because they haven't gotten around to the latter yet. The capabilities are definitely there for the latter, just no one's bothering. Okay.
It’s harder and less lucrative than short social media spots.
Re: Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I have no doubt in my mind that right now [...] an amateur with a high-end last-gen GPU or somebody with maybe a thousand bucks worth of AI credits [...] can crank out a high quality 1h+ feature film with only minor uncanny artifacts. Then why are there no examples of this? There aren't even examples of steps towards it--the half hour film that's nearly production quality, etc.
I think this comes pretty close https://higgsfield.ai/@higgsfield.studio/projects/oneiric
Higgsfield is a very unethical player in AI video.
There are hundreds of other companies to choose from: Runway, Magnific, OpenArt, ArtCraft, Krea, Martini, Flora ...
In startups, there are "mercenaries and missionaries". Higgsfield isn't either of these - they're a psychotic warlord. They're growth at all costs. They lie, cheat, steal, and even disparage artists and racial groups to get attention. And they use the worst dark patterns to get people to subscribe under confusing and dishonest terms.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2026/02/11/rac...
https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/higgsfields-latest-ai-too...
https://ade3.substack.com/p/this-isnt-how-i-expected-ai-to-s...
https://x.com/nickfloats/status/2018772595991015760
https://x.com/dustinhollywood/status/2019452051260874793
https://www.caimera.ai/blogs/higgsfield-ai-twitter-ban-case-...
https://www.reddit.com/r/generativeAI/comments/1rvaj50/my_ho...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zj10P0Sa1k
Don't deal with Higgsfield.
Re: Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
#44This is how my job in tech is right now. Execs asking us to build systems and agents and subagents so they can just input figma designs and their flawed requirements and get rid of all labor. How does a person not hate themselves doing this work that's effectively existential suicide? Every word into claude is another word of my career's death note.
Re: Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
#45This is how my job in tech is right now. Execs asking us to build systems and agents and subagents so they can just input figma designs and their flawed requirements and get rid of all labor. How does a person not hate themselves doing this work that's effectively existential suicide? Every word into claude is another word of my career's death note.
> How does a person not hate themselves doing this work that's effectively existential suicide?
Cult worship of AI CEOs and sublimating one's own hatred of self onto his fellow workers.
Re: Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
#46No they are not. They are helping rip off delusional investors who think this will amount to more than slop.
Hollywood has managed to sell a lot of derivative, human made slop in the past.
It might not reach the quality threshold where they can make money off it but would I be willing to bet that it can't? Probably not.
If it turns out you can one day make a "big budget" Hollywood movie for $20k in tokens then I don't see the point in having film studios.
Re: Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
#47If you haven't been following the current explosion of video gen models, including all the content you see on social media, you should pay attention. I have no doubt in my mind that right now, in August of 2026, given a couple of weeks, an amateur with a high-end last-gen GPU or somebody with maybe a thousand bucks worth of AI credits, given a good amount of exploration/tinkering to fill the gaps that GenAI cannot cu…
> I have no doubt in my mind that right now [...] an amateur with a high-end last-gen GPU or somebody with maybe a thousand bucks worth of AI credits [...] can crank out a high quality 1h+ feature film with only minor uncanny artifacts. Then why are there no examples of this? There aren't even examples of steps towards it--the half hour film that's nearly production quality, etc.
"The Machine-Made Muse"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM4xISBsUcY
Only Data looks and sounds fully 'natural' in this 10 minute clip of STTNG, but it nicely demonstrates the imminent plausibility of synthetic TV / film. And its affordability.
Feed it a handful of short stories and you can automate the creation of an entire TV series.
Re: Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Pomegranate, one of the best AI films Editing appears very bad. Do Model have a problem with creating clips with precise cuts?
The editing is fast paced because video models prior to Seedance 2.5 do best on lengths under 10 seconds and decohere with intention frequently. A typical "scene" might cost thousands of dollars in generation expenses depending on shot complexity. Directors will shoot the same shot dozens of times if they're not getting what they want, which in a way is not unlike physical production. That's not counting the experime…
It is not about being fast paced, but it seems that the cuts are made at the wrong positions. Continuity is poor.
Re: Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I have no doubt in my mind that right now [...] an amateur with a high-end last-gen GPU or somebody with maybe a thousand bucks worth of AI credits [...] can crank out a high quality 1h+ feature film with only minor uncanny artifacts. Then why are there no examples of this? There aren't even examples of steps towards it--the half hour film that's nearly production quality, etc.
There are. FX artists are already coming to grips with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRESQ8NX-us "yadda yadda, this is the worst it will ever be"
That's a Higgsfield submarine ad.
You should watch how Corridor Crew uses and evangelizes the tech, as it's far more honest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ploi723hg4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq5JaG53dho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFlOynaUyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSRrSO7QhXY
(These are all fascinating.)
Or an AI video tech reviewer like Theoretically Tim who covers the space as it evolves:
Re: Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
#50If you haven't been following the current explosion of video gen models, including all the content you see on social media, you should pay attention. I have no doubt in my mind that right now, in August of 2026, given a couple of weeks, an amateur with a high-end last-gen GPU or somebody with maybe a thousand bucks worth of AI credits, given a good amount of exploration/tinkering to fill the gaps that GenAI cannot cu…
> I have no doubt in my mind that right now [...] an amateur with a high-end last-gen GPU or somebody with maybe a thousand bucks worth of AI credits [...] can crank out a high quality 1h+ feature film with only minor uncanny artifacts. Then why are there no examples of this? There aren't even examples of steps towards it--the half hour film that's nearly production quality, etc.
Lots of examples posted on twitter. Much better visuals than the 90s and 2000s Trek and Stargate I regularly rewatch.