Chris Gioran 💔Techbros: Here's the detailed technical plans for a working Torment Nexus.
Everyone: Building a Torment Nexus is a horrible idea.
Techbros: Why won't people focus on the technical merits of the proposal.
Tane Piper ⁂@chrisg That's a very similar thought that went through my head this morning after seeing this
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Attached: 1 image I saw this ad today on LinkedIn. I think this is a glimpse of where things are heading with the SAG-AFTRA strike too - soon actors likeness will be a drag & drop tool where directors and producers can play god with their digital dolls, like some Titans in the clouds. This *is* the bad timeline and we should seek to discourage tools and system that remove the need for humans.
rastilinThe thing that gets me is... once it's possible for people to make full movies without actors. Why do we need the hollywood studios anymore? Won't we just have independent film-makers doing fully AI movies by themselves?
RAK@rastilin @tanepiper @chrisg: The Hollywood studios'll have economies of scale for distribution, which is a problem.
Jonathan Hartley's old account@raktheundead I don't understand this. Distribution is a solved problem. I personally could bankroll, and engineer, the distribution of even the most wildly popular blockbuster movie. Or are you being sarcastic in some way I'm not picking up on? Or do you mean "distribution" to mean something different than me, like "access to movie theaters"?
@tartley: 'Or do you mean "distribution" to mean something different than me, like "access to movie theaters"?'
That plus access to streaming services for long-tail revenue. I understand that the actual act of getting movies into cinemas is easier now than it's ever been because of digital distribution, but Hollywood still has the pull to get its films into a huge number of cinemas at once at a scale that the indie studios can't guarantee.
@raktheundead ok, I get it, thanks for walking me through it.