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AI killed my 20 year old STT business in 2026 = a sabatical whilst the dust settles

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@EC_Bayard @sweatystartup i need to put you in charge of my diary

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@SunnyvaleSBay it's because techies tend to overestimate their contribution to a project. similarly vfx is something like 20% of a films budget on average. cutting that in half or even a quarter is not revolutionary. though it might seem like it to a vfx guy with a mortgage

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@Bencera Except nobody will watch them unless they have marketing, which is why pixar etc spend such a big proportion of budget on voice

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@Eomirlover i just looked it up in the dictionary and it's missing your definitoin

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@ThePenOfQuotes it's a rational reaction when 99% of AI output is terrible. And the best artists and creators are not (yet) working with AI. It's basic probability and a sensible defensive field to reject AI as bad. It will be different in the future. But in 2026 it's reliable.

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@AnimatedViews Zero sum game fallacy?

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@DariusGardener @Gossip_Goblin Are you going to adjust the rules over time or are they set from here on out

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@nemui_nekoooo and to make people care, overpaid aging actors will be wheeled in on their zimmers to voice it

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@minhsmind It seems like a big jump from 1m micro dramas to a feature. I’d be pleasantly suprised if it holds attention for 90 mins. I havn’t seen a 15 min ai film yet that wasn’t a challenge . It seems to have a high marketing budget

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@SCUMSOL I wonder to what extent production savings will just get diverted into marketing

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@petergyang @suno spotify has been producing in house ambient slop for ages. if there is a demand for AI music, then spotify can serve it.

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@DJMaculate Hollywood is stale because it embraced CGI and only makes superhero movies. Hollywood will embrace AI as well. Smaller creators with CGI historically made tiktoks not long movies. and it's not looking much different for AI so far.

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@Bencera Wouldn’t to big studios hire at least some of these new creators to work for them? And a films budget is usually 50% marketing. Is distribution being automated too? Rings a bell

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@JoshDaws ie non superhero films they terrified to make low bank on

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@sebs_tweets I’m literally making myself a coffee right now

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@aporia9n Hot weather is hard on the body, i find these 'ideal' climates quite tiring and weating (even with AC....) i like to walk outside a lot

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@OlexGameDev This doesn't seem like a very apt comparison. It would be more interesting if you spent a couple of weeks trying to replicate it with a modest budget. 1 day is arbitrary. 2 weeks is still very dramatically shorter than 2 years, and would reveal much more

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@EbiThinks There is demand for the 10x

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@Cristina_AC_X Taking your figure that 20% of apps are perfectly valid. In absolute terms this represents a huge number of valid AI apps being built for people's specific custom needs.

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@kylegawley I know better how I like my house, and don't like relying on others, so prefer to do it myself.