Shintaro James

Hungry for all things Future and Freedom

[Shintaro James @The1Shintaro]

@usludurkizim CVT Virus. It spread for many years but seems to be dwindling in numbers.

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@F1 Hamilton penalized 5 seconds seems excessive…..

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@bosversenecemre varicella-zoster virus…. See your healthcare provider.

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The best news from our Cory Spondent! 😂 F1 to impose hydration breaks every four laps at Austrian Grand Prix https://t.co/JJKlq0togD

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@DicksDriveIns Yes!!!!

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@GovBobFerguson @WAStateGov So the bus ride is free but everything else is 3x more expensive because of how the city and state choose to operate? Thanks for thinking of the visitors and not the constituents!

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@Mishi_2210 Wow that’s interesting

[KOMO News @komonews]

Seattle mayor's verbal missteps prompt national and viral attention, leadership questions:

https://t.co/busl7cM4D0

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@LibertyCappy Insurance and healthcare

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@tmg25394112 @PNWConservative @SoundTransit That’s crazy!

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@FFT1776 The SLEEPER stick. One wrong move and you wake up in the hospital trying to remember your name.

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@zerosympathy176 This is from SINKEX a while ago

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@MikeZillionaire This is an old Sinkex

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@choeshow

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@BrandiKruse @MayorofSeattle @GovBobFerguson

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@SeattleChannel @MayorofSeattle @SeattleCouncil

[Ari Hoffman @thehoffather]

Staffers for Seattle Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson abruptly end an interview with KOMO News Senior Reporter Chris Daniels when she can't answer basic questions

Wilson has been criticized for dodging the press & being unable to answer basic questions since she came into office

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 WOW! Assistant AG for Fraud Colin McDonald just revealed Tim Walz is using TAXPAYER DOLLARS to SUE the federal government to BLOCK investigations into fraud

Yet ANOTHER reason federal funds should be FULLY FROZEN in MN

Walz is using OUR money to cover up THEFT of our money

h/t @GuntherEagleman

[Shintaro James @The1Shintaro]

The first AI-generated feature film is set to debut next month — and will likely set a standard for the industry.

[SANTINO @TheRealSantino]

A $70 million AI movie starring Gal Gadot and Casey Affleck just wrapped. Hundreds of professional crew members had to learn a new way to work.

"Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi" is directed by Doug Liman (“The Bourne Identity,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”, “Edge of Tomorrow”) and the impact on the production speaks for itself. The entire film was shot in 20 days on a gray-screen soundstage in a converted London car showroom. No locations. No green screen. Every background, every environment, every lighting setup generated using AI.

Everyone who worked on this film (in the hundreds) needed to learn how to integrate AI into their professional skillset to deliver this project. That's everyone from the writers, to the camera crew and through to the post team which now includes 55 AI artists whose jobs didn't exist 12 months ago.

The producers say this film would have cost $300 million with traditional methods — 200 locations from Antarctica to Vegas. Note that they aren't saying they could have raised $300 million for this film but rather they used AI to do with $70 million, what would have (impossibly) cost $300 million otherwise.

And while I'm not suggesting that every project will go this far into using AI this fast, these are the same methods I'm seeing across my other clients' productions.

So you're a film and television professional — what should you do?
1.    Learn how to use AI professionally. Not basic ChatGPT prompts or videos that look cool online — real professional, safe and powerful workflows that are changing everyone's jobs.
2.    Be proactive, once you learn how to do this professionally, start mapping out real AI solutions for your area of expertise. The people I see getting hired are coming with the deeply valuable AI skillset which solves problems on productions.
3.    Start right now. This is happening NOW, at studio scale, with A-list talent. "I'll figure it out when it gets here" is no longer a viable career strategy.

If you work in film or TV production and want to get started understanding exactly how AI is reshaping our industry — I built a course for that. AI for Media Professionals launches May 4 on Maven. 20 lessons, 4 live sessions, built from what I'm seeing inside real productions. Limited 50% off spots for founding cohort.

And I'm hosting a free live webinar next Wednesday the 22nd at 12pm ET to discuss exactly what we're seeing here.

Links in comments.

Quick cred: 20+ years producing film & TV, consulting for studios and production companies on AI adoption. I've helped hundreds of professionals prepare for the AI change. Per David Lerech

[Jonathan Choe @choeshow]

FAILING CITY: Seattle is making national news again for all the wrong reasons.
Mayor Katie Wilson is being called out for using the failed Housing First strategy to address an out of control drug crisis.
It’s like shoving a square peg through a round hole. Wrong solution.