2026-01-30
This is one of the more technically accomplished AI videos I've seen, in a way that shows some of what might be exciting about the tech in a vacuum, but, like, it's just not able to do stuff like this yet? It's so obviously a series of wax figurines that have come to life? [embedded post]
Variety
Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup debuts its short-form Revolutionary War series, made using Google DeepMind's AI tools and human voice actors
Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky used AI to travel back in time 250 years ago to the American Revolution. But he tapped real-life human actors …
2023-05-03
A weird thing I see keep cropping up is “The last writers strike made reality TV more popular!” in a “be careful what you wish for!” way. Except this is just completely untrue?
Gizmodo
The Writers Guild of America strikes after negotiations over pay and AI issues with Netflix, Disney, Apple, Amazon, Sony, and others failed; nearly 12K may join
2023-05-02
A weird thing I see keep cropping up is “The last writers strike made reality TV more popular!” in a “be careful what you wish for!” way. Except this is just completely untrue?
Gizmodo
The Writers Guild of America calls for a strike after negotiations with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and others over pay and AI issues failed; around 12K may strike
The Writers Guild of America, the union that bargains on behalf of Hollywood's screenwriters, has called a strike after negotiations …