overheard from friends talking about AI in China, and it’s very alarming
- AI short films went massive in China market because of how good the video models are now
- the first wave of people who mastered using AI to generate short films and comics made quite some money because they could produce a lot more content than traditional workflows
- but within just a few months, everybody and their mom could make equally good short films because all the expertise could be written in a markdown file
- when everyone’s more productive, no one actually has an advantage and it’s a race to the bottom. very quickly it became impossible to make money, and everyone’s busier than they were without AI
- the only one making money now is companies like bytedance who owns user demand and distribution. they sell ads to creators who pay to get traffic, and eventually ad spend became 80% of those creators’ operating expense, while AI tokens is less than 5%
so what are the problems here?
1. there’s no moat if you are creating anything with AI
if a human is really good at something, and it’s hard to find more humans who can do the same, they can leverage the scarcity of their skill to get paid very well
but if AI is good at something, it will be infinitely replicated, so there’s no scarcity hence you can’t really expect a sustainable business by creating anything with AI
2. more creators created more content people actually liked. that’s a good thing
but the economical benefit of that all got absorbed by the distribution platforms
there’s a famous chinese poem 遍身罗绮者,不是养蚕人 - it basically says people who dress well aren’t the people making dresses. that’s exactly what’s happening here
if our society doesn’t figure out a better way to distribute wealth, AI will help billionaires become trillionaires while average people become more exhausted than ever
I'm begging you to please start taking your life more seriously. You don't have much time on this earth. Stop wasting it by doomscrolling, partying, and numbing your mind with cheap dopamine. Lock in. Fix your finances. Improve your relationships. Get in shape because looking good matters. Surround yourself with people who push you to be better. You'd be surprised by just how great your life will be if you just took yourself more seriously.
I was going to share this information in a classic way but... You'll understand nevertheless.
Here are some commands you can use in flow and get videos without a single prompt!!!
1. /GRWM
2. /OOTD
3./UGC
4. /PRODUCTAD
5. /VLOG.
These commands+ your idea = AI video in seconds.
One of the hardest parts of AI video creation isn't generating the video. It's writing the script.
People underestimate how difficult it is to turn an idea into a genuinely good movie or advertisement.
You need a compelling concept, a story that makes sense, natural dialogue, well planned scenes, proper pacing, character consistency, and camera direction.
And then you have to translate all of that into instructions an AI video model can actually understand and execute.
A beautiful visual doesn't automatically make a good movie. Neither does an impressive AI-generated advert make a compelling commercial.
The script is where the real creative work begins.
Sometimes, getting the story right takes more effort than generating the actual video.
Clipping is here 🎬
Grab your favorite moment from any video, add your take, and post it without leaving X.
Creators: every clip credits your original video and links back to it, so new viewers can find your work and keep watching.
Clippers: you now have an easy, native way to share moments from your favorite creators directly on X.
The best part? Both the original creator and the clipper can earn from views on the clip through Original Content Rewards.
Everyone wins when great moments travel. Clipping is one more step toward making X the best place to create, grow and earn.
It’s easy to rake in at least $1000 a month from doing this if you do it the right way.
Especially football twitter where everyone is creating video content.
So many bad takes to cash out with.
I’m against AI revolution in Africa bcs to me it’s another global trend we are hoping on before fixing the foundation of what should carry it
E.g, how do we prioritize conversations like ‘AI in agriculture’ when we are still tussling over land, water access and ownership