How A.I will change filmmaking in a good way

[LegionZero]

AI is like eating with the strict boomer parents; this is what there is to eat and you either eat it or you eat it. If I ask anyone to create something for me there would be discussions on what exactly I want and there would be back and forth, there could even be push back on some of my ideas because they might not be feasible or be a good fit for the project. AI just spits out what it can in a effort to output something. The scary thing about AI is not AI but it is all those people that are so eager to embrace it with open arms and are not the least bit critical of the major flaws and deficiencies it has, yes it will get better but by rushing into AI head first it will actually not be allowed to mature since AI is already eating it's own tail.

[Mondo_panico]

The original version of Planet of the apes was consider goofy and cheap even when it cames out, the best comparison you can make is with the opening scene of 2001, that still looks way better then all the digital movies from the last decade.
The harsh reality is that all these new techs serve just to cut productions costs and rise the profits.
have you tried to watch "the avengers" again 12 years later?
looks like SH*T!

[eatfrenchtoast]

Everbody freaked out over digital compositing too.

[rafaelariasgonzalez]

I'm not criticizing, but I'd like to clarify your explanation of diffusion models. Indeed, they use noise and text prompts to generate images, but AI can only produce images based on learned trained data. Current models can't "leave" the learned embedding space, meaning they essentially interpolate images from existing images, which are usually gotten without proper rights. The reason why it doesn't feel or look like a straightforward interpolation is that embedding spaces are very high dimensional so there's just no way of visualizing them, but that doesn't mean that we don't understand mathematically what these spaces mean. Regarding the future, even though there are some crazy advancements with larger models, we are far away from achieving fully realistic, physics-coherent videos, and what's more, we have no clear way forward with the current AI growth paradigm, which is to just make everything larger. It's too soon to assume AI will dominate all industries, including filmmaking :).

[darkgaara]

This video started like he was going to have a leveled take on the subject and then he went to tell us how awesome will be to just prompt an AI to make an entire movie for you... What a sad reality that would be

[Steve_]

Interesting ideas - maybe I wouldn't have thrown the Amazon analogy in there as a positive though :)

Hope you don't mind me suggesting an idea for your videos. Whenever you use a piece of background footage, put it's source somewhere on screen. I was distracted trying to decide if some of the film clips were AI, and if they weren't, where did they come from? (Case in point at 4:44).

[futurehistory]

I feel like there's two extremes when it comes to AI - those who think it will replace everything fast and show no empathy to those concerned for future employment vs. those who think AI will never be good and has no use. I think somewhere in the middle is what will really happen. It will likely co-exist with other art forms and blend into the background until it becomes another accepted art form just as photography (which would have seemed 'soulless' to painters of the 1850s) became common. But as I say conventional creativity will likely still persist for a wide range of reasons incl. a demand for sheer human production.

[kentpaul]

All AI generated art copyright applications have so far been denied by the courts in the USA, (see "Zarya of the Dawn). Basically only humans can create and own copyrighted work, so if creating an AI generated film will therefore be free & open source, what incentive is there for any studio to do so?

[blinky]

the "industry" monopolizes everything, while at the same time trying to keep costs low. there is no way in hell hollywood will not monopolize this technology, while at the same time, firing thousands of creatives and crew workers in the process. i know this for a fact, because not only am i a filmmaker trying to get his original content made, i also know that corporations are already using ai for script assessment. they have cut out the human component, and instead have scripts read by an ai checklist program, that blindly determines whether it thinks a script is a hit or not. the human component is rapidly disappearing from an industry already ruled by bean counters who don't know anything about quality. the more we embrace ai, the harder we make it for quality content, made by ACTUAL artists possible.

[onephotoaday]

1.2k views but less than 50 likes? Is YouTube broken?

I love your take on this and fully agree. The example of Multiple AI's pivoting on one another to create something is cool and I think single people will be able to create films with larger production quality than they would be now, meaning that that product they create can now compete with a multimillion dollar corporate product. But since what they created was cheaper and the requirement on the return is less, then there is less pressure for it to succeed at the market. This means that they can _create_ UNHINDERED by ROI and just create the best thing they can ... but also, if a corporation wants to compete with the individual's AI-assisted production, then they will have to do with lots of passion and CREATIVITY to captivate an audience. If anyone truly understands this they will see this is a fantastic development in the film and media.

You won't have to contend with terrible films like Snow White remakes made by Social Justice Warriors or Woke revisionist version of LOTR. You'll get something truly GOOD again.

[ravend]

A.I is a tool not refined not honed just yet, we are the other side of it once we come into balance with it and use it for almost doing the homework so we can play and im a artist artist I write and draw by hand but I understand it and actually laugh at the twitter artist because you’re screwed ! My art will always be in business but you are becoming obsolete! Perfection in my imperfections

[snailwar]

why would u want a future like this? u just want a sludge generator

[benkeene]

Fairly depressing, though I don’t think you’re wrong for the board strokes. Saying that the “talent will succeed” isn’t a true statement NOW. The massive union movement in the film industry the last few years demonstrates that studios do not see talent as the value in the film industry.

But regardless of industry thoughts, what worries me more is the navel gazing proposition. That we won’t see films to see someone else’s perspective, craft and vision. Instead opting for conscious dreams, dreams we can lose ourselves in. Private fantasies made real, it sounds good in abstract but you look at the effects of social media, a less refined version of this concept: walled gardens of perspective and aesthetic. The effect on connection and even attention are still being accounted for.

Regardless, thanks for the video! Well put together and clearly thought provoking. 😊

[thebatman]

Yeah but there also goes video as a record keeping medium as well. As soon we wont be able to determine if what we are seeing is real or not.. so thats not terrifying at all.

I am however extremely excited to see what can be done. New art tools, new media.. i mean just look at the progress in 100 years!

Both new horrors and delights await, of that we can be sure

[CharlesJacques-vw]

life was so much better without ai, i literally can't stop thinking about it everyday the stress gets worse. i think i will legit prefer world war 3 than what's happening.

[erik]

"(AI isn't) an accumulation of stolen artistic property that puts 20 images together and labels it as new"

*Explains how it is, in fact, exactly that*

Even humans are a confluence of only our experineces.

AI images are the result of a confluence of all input, which has been taken without consent and used without consent. Videos, works of art, music, books -- all to feed something that can then use multiple samples to replicate it. It's all 100% dirivative and the issue here is that the people that put the effort into creating the source materials will never be credited, never be compensated, and will also lose out on opportunities.

[vornamenachname]

Fascinating! And just imagine you can recreate your own life visually by finding the right words to explain and catch the moment. And your siblings can, too, and those will be vastly different perspectives of a life shared. The million dollar question will be, who‘s stories will draw the most attention

[tobiasbroucke]

'like always, the talent will rise to the top.' that's never been true, and it won't be made true by the advent of AI. the idea that the algorithms and forces of capital that help determine what gets created and funded are based purely on talent/merit is completely laughable. and even if we allow that meritocracy will exist in AI video generation, what criteria are being used to determine 'talent'? who gets to determine that? even if we put aside all of the questions as to whether AI art should be considered equivalent to human art (it shouldn't), this perspective is just another permutation of free market thinking. so profoundly naïve.

[leafnut]

Boohoo, talentless actors whom don't help the world get replaced by AI, big loss. Bring on the future!!