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[PabloMack]

I just found a service for making movies with AI assist for writing scripts, designing characters, making music, generating videos  etc. I think I could really get into this.  Anyone know anything about it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQUDxGXSNFE

[Dune]

Looks really cool, and I could loose myself in something like that as well. But.... the world will be swamped in (mediocre) video's, actors will be unemployed, artists will have to switch from drawing to typing, and data centers will suck out all the world's energy. I have very mixed feelings about AI, being fascinated and afraid too.

[PabloMack]

I have since seen a video on YouTube about Veo 3 that seems to do some of the same things. It is a Google project so I am a bit wary of it like you are. The video was about being able to make your actors lip-synch to dialogue you provide, express emotions with motion tracking and so forth. The future is scary, as you say, but the way the status quo has been has so many road blocks to get anything done. I am not a professional artist so I don't feel so threatened by it from that stand point. I am a programmer and that is where it hits home. The reasons why I even got involved in CG is not so much that I want to do art but, rather, there are specific stories I want to tell using the medium. That's why I got involved in indie film making. The thing that tells me that the AI assisted technology is still in its infancy is that all of these services are trying to get you to make short 8-second videos at reduced resolution. What I want is to make one or more 2-hour full feature movies. I am not convinced that these services are not using it as a front to steal your ideas and sell them to high bidders. I could see myself one day purchasing an AI system that could do what I want but I still wouldn't be assured that it is not spying on my IP and selling it to someone out of frame so to speak.

[Dune]

I see your point. I think it's all getting a bit out of control, the individual's control that is. It's indeed all about money these days - what started as Bronze Age haggling between individuals is now a high tech industry, squeezing your wallet from obscure digital depths. As long as one is aware of that danger, it's fun and intriguing anyway. I wish you luck!